Increasing diagnostic effectiveness of thyroid nodule evaluation by implementation of cell block preparation in routine US-FNA analysis
ABSTRACT Objective Ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration (US-FNA) biopsy has proven to be an accurate and efficient tool in thyroid nodule evaluation. We evaluated whether cell block adds to the diagnostic accuracy of US-FNA. Subjects and methods Three hundred twenty-eight consecutive patient...
Main Authors: | Ana Patrícia de Cristo, Heloísa Folgierini Goldstein, Carlo Sasso Faccin, Ana Luiza Maia, Marcia Silveira Graudenz |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Brazilian Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism
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Series: | Archives of Endocrinology and Metabolism |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2359-39972016000400367&lng=en&tlng=en |
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