ArticleEuropean thyroid journal2017
When Is Thyroidectomy the Right Choice? Comparison between Fine-Needle Aspiration and Final Histology in a Single Institution Experience.
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- Thyroid Nodules with Indeterminate FNAC According to the Italian Classification System: Prevalence, Rate of Operation, and Impact on Risk of Malignancy. An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Endocrine pathology · 2022Pooled it
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- A Monocentric Retrospective Study about the Correlation between Histology and Cytology of Thyroid Indeterminate Nodules Classified as TIR 3A and TIR 3B, according to 2014 Italian Consensus for Classification and Reporting of Thyroid Cytology.Advances in medicine · 2019Article
- Cancer Rate of the Indeterminate Lesions at Low or High Risk According to Italian System for Reporting of Thyroid FNA.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2018Article
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Abstract
objectivesThe aim of this study was to compare SIAPEC-IAP-based cytological reports with their corresponding histological diagnoses to establish when thyroidectomy is the right choice in the management of thyroid diseases. STUDY
designThis is a retrospective review of all the consecutive thyroidectomies/lobectomies performed at Maria Vittoria Hospital during the 10-year period between January 2005 and December 2015. Patients who underwent both fine-needle aspiration (FNA) and surgical procedures in our institution were included in the study.
resultsA total of 260 patients underwent both FNA and a thyroid surgical procedure at Maria Vittoria Hospital; 111 (42.69%) had a malignant histological report. The final cytological diagnosis was nondiagnostic (TIR-1) in 19 cases (7.31%), benign (TIR-2) in 83 cases (31.92%), indeterminate (TIR-3) in 96 cases (36.92%), suspicious for malignancy (TIR-4) in 22 cases (8.46%), and diagnostic for malignancy (TIR-5) in 40 cases (15.38%). Among the 96 cases with TIR-3 cytology, after the review, 44 (16.92%) were classified as TIR-3A and 52 (20%) as TIR-3B. The prevalence of malignancy among TIR-3A cases was 20.45% (9/44) and among TIR-3B cases 53.85% (28/52). The difference was statistically significant (
conclusionsOur data suggest that follow-up alone is not sufficient in TIR-3A patients given the high prevalence of malignancy within that diagnostic category (20.45%) and the low sensitivity (75.68%) and specificity (59.32%) in the distinction between TIR-3A and TIR-3B. Regarding patients with a multinodular goiter and TIR-2 at FNA, the surgical approach should not be excluded.
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