Two widely used risk stratification systems for determining whether thyroid nodules should undergo fine-needle aspiration have a specificity of less than 30%, according to study results published ...

Fine-needle aspiration can be a reliable test to rule out malignancy in thyroid nodules at least 4 cm when cancer prevalence and negative predictive value are known, according to study findings ...

Indeterminate thyroid lesions are diagnosed in up to 30% of fine needle aspirations. How can molecular markers be used to improve the sensitivity and specificity of FNA cytology?

Fine-needle aspiration (FNA) of thyroid nodules has markedly reduced the role of thyroid scintigraphy. This is often limited to nondiagnostic or follicular (tumor) FNA classifications. In this ...

Abstract Fine needle aspiration (FNA) plays a vital role in the evaluation of patients with thyroid nodules, in terms of distinguishing benign, non-neoplastic thyroid nodules that may be ...

The thyroid FNA uses a very small needle and does not require any sedation or pain medication. A pathologist looks at the specimen under the microscope and determines if the nodule is benign or ...

The retrospective analysis included data on 219 individuals who had undergone fine-needle aspiration biopsy on a thyroid nodule, 86.2% of whom were female.

Thyroid fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNA)-cytology is widely used for the preoperative characterisation of thyroid nodules but this task is difficult for follicular lesions, which often remain ...

Researchers at the University of Colorado School of Medicine are hopeful new research could prevent up to 130,000 unneeded fine-needle aspiration (FNA) biopsies of thyroid nodules and subsequent ...

Dr El-Kaissi has been performing thyroid ultrasonography, thyroid fine needle aspiration and thyroid nodule alcohol ablation since 2003. He has taught thyroid ultrasound techniques and fine needle ...

A thyroid nodule is common and does not automatically mean cancer but is something that should be checked out.