ArticleEuropean thyroid journal2020
Comparison of Number of Passes and Cytopathological Specimen Adequacy for Thyroid Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy in the Absence of an On-Site Pathologist.
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- Critical assessment of the comparison of needle gauges for fine needle aspiration of lymph nodes and thyroid.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2026Article
- Inconclusive cytology results of fine-needle aspiration for thyroid nodules: the importance of strict guideline implementation.Ultrasonography (Seoul, Korea) · 2025Article
- Cytohistological Correlation of Thyroid Cases with Emphasis on Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma and Analysis of the Causes of Diagnostic Errors on Cytology.Turk patoloji dergisi · 2025Article
- A Proposed Heterogeneous Ensemble Algorithm Model for Predicting Central Lymph Node Metastasis in Papillary Thyroid Cancer.International journal of general medicine · 2022Article
- Needle tract seeding of papillary thyroid carcinoma after fine-needle capillary biopsy: A case report.World journal of clinical cases · 2021Article
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Abstract
aimUltrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) is a reliable, minimally invasive diagnostic method with high sensitivity and specificity in the evaluation of thyroid nodules. Our aim in this retrospective study was to determine if there was a difference in the adequacy ratio based on the number of needle passes in the thyroid FNABs in the absence of rapid on-site evaluation (ROSE) by the pathologist and to determine the optimal needle pass number for FNAB.
methodsBetween November 2018 and February 2019, thyroid FNABs of 121 (99 female, 22 male) patients were evaluated retrospectively. Samples for each biopsy were numbered according to the order of retrieval, and 4 pairs of slides were prepared by the radiologist without on-site microscopic evaluation. Cytological results were determined according to the Bethesda classification.
resultsThe rate of adequacy in the first, second, third, and fourth passes were 76.0, 82.6, 77.7, and 71.2%, respectively. No statistically significant difference was found between these four groups in terms of adequacy (
conclusionsIn cases where ROSE cannot be performed, we recommend a minimum of 2 and a maximum of 3 needle entries for FNAB adequacy with the right technique and preparation.
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