Correlation of fine needle aspiration of the thyroid with final histopathology in 198 thyroidectomized patients

Background: Although fine needle aspiration (FNA) has been suggested as choice procedure in pre-operative diagnosis of thyroid nodules, but it may miss a third of all malignancies in palpable nodules of thyroid gland. Material and Methods: In a prospective study collected data of 198 consecutive pat...

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Main Authors: Ahmad Riazi, Seyed Sajad Eghbali, Mohammad Bahmanyar, Mohammadreza Farzaneh, Foorough Rezaei Motlagh, Niloofar Motamed, Mohammadreza Kalantar Hormozi, Iraj Nabipour
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Bushehr University of Medical Sciences 2013-04-01
Series:Iranian South Medical Journal
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Online Access:http://ismj.bpums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-3-311&slc_lang=en&sid=1