...Erika F. Rodriguez; Precious Ann V. Fortes; Victoria Lee; Jeffrey D. Goldstein; Neda A. Moatamed Introduction: Thyroid nodules are uncommon in the pediatric population, with a 1–1.7% prevalence. The Bethesda System of Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology (TBSTC) is a well-established thyroid fine needle...

...Li Li; Xiao Chen; Peipei Li; Yibo Liu; Xiaoli Ma; Yu-Quan Ye Introduction: There are few studies on the role of puncture feeling in thyroid nodules during ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration cytology (US-FNAC), although it is expected to become a new predictive technique. We aimed to analyze...

... and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Indeterminate cytology Thyroid nodules Fine-needle aspiration Suspicious for follicular neoplasm Thyroid carcinoma...

..., clinical or US variables was significantly related to the atypical diagnosis of repeat FNAB. The time interval until repeat FNAB was also not related to the atypical diagnosis (p = 0.63, 0.57, 0.23 and 0.48 for 5, 10, 15 and 20 weeks, respectively). Conclusion: The timing of repeat FNAB for thyroid nodules...

...Marta Almeida Ferreira; Rene Gerhard; Fernando Schmitt Objective: Thyroid fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) is the most valuable, cost-effective and accurate method for the evaluation of patients with thyroid nodules. One of its limitations is that up to 20% of results are nondiagnostic...

... to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. 2013 Bethesda Cytopathology Fine needle aspiration Indeterminate thyroid nodules Pediatric thyroid Thyroid nodules Thyroid nodules are uncommon in children...

... makes it a disease of economic importance. In this setting FNAB is regarded as the most accurate and cost-effective method for the selection of patients with thyroid nodules [ 3 ]. FNAB of a thyroid nodule is preferably carried out under sonographic guidance, and presently the maneuver is only...