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. 2009 May 16;9:14. doi: 10.1186/1472-6823-9-14

Table 3.

Cross-tabulation of cytology and surgical histopathology results in palpation-guided thyroid fine-needle aspiration biopsies

Disease positive Disease negative
Test positive 1 3
Test negative 1 6

Disease positive: malignant surgical histopathology, Disease negative: benign surgical histopathology, Test positive: malignant or indeterminate cytology result, test negative: benign or unsatisfactory cytology result.