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. 2023 May 17;15(5):e39130. doi: 10.7759/cureus.39130

Table 3. Comparison of fine needle aspiration cytopathology with histopathology.

DC: diagnostic category

Bethesda DC	Number (%)	Benign (number (%))	Malignant (number (%))	Type of malignancy (number (%))
Bethesda DC	Number (%)	Benign (number (%))	Malignant (number (%))	Papillary carcinoma	Follicular carcinoma	Medullary carcinoma
I	10 (3.29)	10 (100)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)
II	244 (80.26)	234 (96)	10 (4)	9 (90)	1 (10)	0 (0)
III	15 (4.93)	9 (60)	6 (40)	4 (67)	1 (16)	1 (16)
IV	13 (4.27)	4 (30)	9 (70)	1 (11)	8 (89)	0 (0)
V	12 (3.95)	0 (0)	12 (100)	10 (83)	2 (17)	0 (0)
VI	10 (3.29)	0 (0)	10 (100)	9 (90)	0 (0)	1 (10)