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Published in final edited form as: Arch Surg. 2009 Jul;144(7):649–655. doi: 10.1001/archsurg.2009.116

Table III.

Final histopathology of all FNAB cytology subdivisions

	Preoperative FNAB Cytology
Final Diagnosis	Benign	Inconclusive	Malignant	Non-diagnostic
n	52	23	11	11
Carcinoma (%)
PTC	4 (7.7%)	1 (4.3%)	8 (72.7%)	2 (18.2%)
FC	0	1 (4.3%)	0	0
HCC	0	2 (8.7%)	0	1 (9.1%)
MTC	0	0	1 (9.1%)	0
Anaplastic	0	0	1 (9.1%)	0
Benign follicular neoplasm (%)
FA	18 (34.6%)	13 (56.6%)	0	5 (45.4%)
HCA	4 (7.7%)	3 (13.1%)	0	0
Benign pathology (%)
MNG	17 (32.7%)	2 (8.7%)	0	1 (9.1%)
Benign nodule/cyst	9 (17.3%)	1 (4.3%)	0	2 (18.2%)
Sarcoid/noncaseating granuloma	0	0	1 (9.1%)	0

PTC, papillary thyroid carcinoma; FTC, follicular thyroid carcinoma; HCC, Hürthle cell carcinoma; MTC, medullary thyroid carcinoma; FA, follicular adenoma; HCA, Hürthle cell carcinoma; MNG, multinodular gouter