Skip to main content

Table 3 FNAC Result and Histology Correlation of Thyroid Nodules - Accuracy of FNAC in the Preoperative

From: Role of ultrasound, clinical and scintigraphyc parameters to predict malignancy in thyroid nodule

FNAC

Final Histology

Total

Bethesda Category*

Benign

Malign

 

II

24 (80%)

6 (20%)

30 (21.7%)

III

45 (93.8%)

3 (6.2%)

48 (34.8%)

IV

16 (47.1%)

18 (52.9%)

34 (24.6%)

V

05 (31.2%)

11 (68.8%)

16 (11.6%)

VI

-

10 (100%)

10 (7.3%)

Total

90

48

138 (100%)

  1. The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value of FNAC were 82.8%, 97.7%, 80%, 80.7%, respectively.
  2. *FNAC: fine-needle aspiration cytology; II: benign; III: follicular lesion of undeterminate significance; IV: follicular neoplasm; V: suspicious of malignance; VI: malignant.
Back to article page

Head & Neck Oncology

ISSN: 1758-3284