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Table 1 Criteria for Surgical Treatment of Thyroid Nodule in a Single Center

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

Surgical Criteria

N

%

Clinical/Compressive symptoms

26

18.7%

Inconclusive FNAC

14

10.2%

Scintigraphy - Cold Nodule

06

4.3%

FNAC diagnosis

13

9.35%

FNAC suspect (indeterminate)

50

35.9%

FNAC suspect + US features

27

19.4%

US suspect features

03

2.15%

  1. FNAC: fine-needle aspiration cytology; US: ultrasound.