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ReviewWorld journal of clinical cases2016

Cytopathologic diagnosis of fine needle aspiration biopsies of thyroid nodules.

Evangelos P Misiakos, Niki Margari, Christos Meristoudis, Nickolas Machairas, Dimitrios Schizas, Konstantinos Petropoulos, Aris Spathis, Petros Karakitsos, Anastasios Machairas

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Review in World journal of clinical cases, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors.

Evangelos P MisiakosEvangelos P Misiakos, Dimitrios Schizas, Konstantinos Petropoulos, Anastasios Machairas, 3 Department of Surgery, Attikon University Hospital, University of Athens School of Medicine, Attica, 12462 Athens, Greece.
Niki MargariEvangelos P Misiakos, Dimitrios Schizas, Konstantinos Petropoulos, Anastasios Machairas, 3 Department of Surgery, Attikon University Hospital, University of Athens School of Medicine, Attica, 12462 Athens, Greece.
Christos MeristoudisEvangelos P Misiakos, Dimitrios Schizas, Konstantinos Petropoulos, Anastasios Machairas, 3 Department of Surgery, Attikon University Hospital, University of Athens School of Medicine, Attica, 12462 Athens, Greece.
Nickolas MachairasEvangelos P Misiakos, Dimitrios Schizas, Konstantinos Petropoulos, Anastasios Machairas, 3 Department of Surgery, Attikon University Hospital, University of Athens School of Medicine, Attica, 12462 Athens, Greece.
Dimitrios SchizasEvangelos P Misiakos, Dimitrios Schizas, Konstantinos Petropoulos, Anastasios Machairas, 3 Department of Surgery, Attikon University Hospital, University of Athens School of Medicine, Attica, 12462 Athens, Greece.
Konstantinos PetropoulosEvangelos P Misiakos, Dimitrios Schizas, Konstantinos Petropoulos, Anastasios Machairas, 3 Department of Surgery, Attikon University Hospital, University of Athens School of Medicine, Attica, 12462 Athens, Greece.
Aris SpathisEvangelos P Misiakos, Dimitrios Schizas, Konstantinos Petropoulos, Anastasios Machairas, 3 Department of Surgery, Attikon University Hospital, University of Athens School of Medicine, Attica, 12462 Athens, Greece.
Petros KarakitsosEvangelos P Misiakos, Dimitrios Schizas, Konstantinos Petropoulos, Anastasios Machairas, 3 Department of Surgery, Attikon University Hospital, University of Athens School of Medicine, Attica, 12462 Athens, Greece.
Anastasios MachairasEvangelos P Misiakos, Dimitrios Schizas, Konstantinos Petropoulos, Anastasios Machairas, 3 Department of Surgery, Attikon University Hospital, University of Athens School of Medicine, Attica, 12462 Athens, Greece.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fine-needle aspiration (FNA) cytology is an important diagnostic tool in patients with thyroid lesions. Several systems have been proposed for the cyropathologic diagnosis of the thyroid nodules. However cases with indeterminate cytological findings still remain a matter of debate. In this review we analyze all literature regarding Thyroid Cytopathology Reporting systems trying to identify the most suitable methodology to use in clinical practice for the preoperative diagnosis of thyroid nodules. A review of the English literature was conducted, and data were analyzed and summarized and integrated from the authors' perspective. The main purpose of thyroid FNA is to identify patients with higher risk for malignancy, and to prevent unnecessary surgeries for benign conditions. The Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology is the most widely used system for the diagnosis of thyroid FNA specimens. This system also contains guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of indeterminate or suspicious for malignancy cases. In conclusion, patients who require repeated FNAs for indeterminate diagnoses will be resolved by repeat FNA in a percentage of 72%-80%.

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BiopsyCytopathologyFine needleNodulePapillary cancerThyroid

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PMID26881190
PMCPMC4733475

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