Table 1.

Correlation of pre-operative FNA cytological conclusions and final histopathological diagnoses in 78 patients. * Ukrainian-American Cohort Study of Thyroid Cancer and Other Thyroid Diseases (1998-2000).

	Histopathological diagnosis
Cytological interpretation	PTC	FTC	FA	NG	Total
PTC	24				24
Suspect PTC	10		1		11
FN	8	2	18	9†	37
Suspect FN			2	2	4
NG			1	1	2
Total	42	2	22	12	78

Abbreviations:

PTC papillary thyroid cancer

FTC follicular thyroid cancer

FA follicular adenoma

NG nodular goiter (uninodular and multinodular goiter)

FN follicular neoplasm

* Correlation is for the nodule that resulted in referral to surgery.

^†One nodule classified on FNA as FN was diagnosed histopathologically as a non-neoplastic nodule with fibrosclerotic and cystic changes.