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Table 1.

Classification of the FNA results, surgeries indicated and performed, and histology of the surgical specimen according to the cytologic category in the period 2006–2008; to TBSRTC 2009 in the period 2012–2014; and to the TBSRTC 2017 in the period 2017–2019. Data are presented as n (%).

Total FNA Total FNA with surgery indicated Total FNA with surgery performed Benign histology Malignant histology NIFTP
Cytologic category (2006–2008) NA
 Benign 587 (82.4) 97 (16.5) 84 (14.3) 82 (97.6) 2 (2.4)
 FP 52 (7.3) 33 (63.5) 30 (57.7) 29 (96.7) 1 (3.3)
 FP atypia 61 (8.6) 61 (100) 56 (91.8) 45 (80.4) 11 (19.6)
 Malignant 12 (1.7) 12 (100) 12 (100) 1 (8.3) 11 (91.6)
 Total 712 (100) 203 (28.5) 182 (25.6) 157 (86.3) 25 (13.7)
TBSRTC 2009 (2012–2014) NA
 II 735 (87.5) 100 (13.6) 79 (10.7) 76 (96.2) 3 (3.8)
 III 56 (6.7) 48 (85.7) 44 (78.6) 35 (79.5) 9 (20.5)
 IV 16 (1.9) 16 (100) 16 (100) 9 (56.2) 7 (43.8)
 V 13 (1.5) 13 (100) 13 (100) 3 (23) 10 (77)
 VI 20 (2.4) 20 (100) 20 (100) 0 (0) 20 (100)
 Total 840 (100) 197 (23.5) 172 (20.5) 123 (71.5) 49 (28.5)
TBSRTC 2017 (2017–2019)
 II 1246 (88.8) 189 (15.2) 171 (13.7) 167 (97.7) 4 (2.3) 0 (0)
 III 32 (2.3) 19 (59.4) 19 (59.4) 11 (57.9) 6 (31.6) 2 (10.5)
 IV 83 (5.9) 74 (89.2) 74 (89.2) 50 (67.5) 19 (25.7) 5 (6.8)
 V 25 (1.8) 25 (100) 24 (96) 5 (20.8) 18 (75) 1 (4.2)
 VI 17 (1.2) 17 (100) 17 (100) 0 (0) 17 (100) 0 (0)
 Total 1403 (100) 324 (23.1) 305 (21.7) 233 (76.4) 64 (21) 8 (2.6)

FNA, fine needle aspiration; FP, follicular proliferation; NA: non-applicable; NIFTP, non-invasive follicular thyroid neoplasm with papillary-like nuclear features; TBSRCT, The Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology.