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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Cochand-Priollet, Béatrix
• Guillausseau, Pierre-Jean
• Chagnon, Sophie
• Hoang, Catherine
• Guillausseau-Scholer, Claudine
• Chanson, Philippe
• Dahan, Henri
• Warnet, André
• Tran Ba Huy, Patrice
• Valleur, Patrice

Titel

The diagnostic value of fine-needle aspiration biopsy under ultrasonography in nonfunctional thyroid nodules: A prospective study comparing cytologic and histologic findings

Ist Teil von

• The American journal of medicine, 1994-08, Vol.97 (2), p.152-157

Ort / Verlag

New York, NY: Elsevier Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

1994

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Quelle

Elsevier Journal Backfiles on ScienceDirect (DFG Nationallizenzen)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) of thyroid nodules has been proposed as a preoperative screening method to reduce the number of patients with benign nodules referred for surgery. Only a few previously published studies have compared cytologic results with a systematic surgical control; furthermore, the role of ultra-sound guidance for FNAB in obtaining representative material has been poorly evaluated. The authors tried to assess the diagnostic value of FNAB performed under ultrasonography in a series of patients with a cold nodule and a systematic surgical control. This prospective study included 132 consecutive patients, 19 men and 113 women, aged from 18 to 82 years. The rate of carcinomas was 13.8%. A very high rate of adequate material was obtained (96.2%). Sensitivity, specificity, and global accuracy were 95%, 87.7%, and 89%, respectively. These results, which are equivalent to those previously published but associated with a low level of insufficient material, emphasize the diagnostic value of thyroid FNAB.