Table 1. Clinical, radiological, and cytopathologic characteristics of the 49 patients and thyroid nodules according to final pathology.
Benign | Malignancy | P | |
Number of nodules | 37 (75.5%) | 12 (24.5%) | - |
Mean age (years±SD) | 50.73±9.40 | 49.50±10.39 | 0.431 |
Mean size of nodules (mm±SD) | 13.43±8.76 | 7.18±2.93 | 0.022 |
Patient gender | 0.634 | ||
Men (%) | 5 (13.5) | 1 (8.3) | |
Women (%) | 32 (86.5) | 11 (91.7) | |
US Assessment | 0.004 | ||
Probably benign (%) | 17 (45.9) | 0 (0.0) | |
Suspicious malignant (%) | 20 (54.1) | 12 (100.0) | |
2nd BRAFV600E mutation | <0.001 | ||
Negative (%) | 37 (100.0) | 5 (41.7) | |
Positive (%) | 0 (0.0) | 7 (58.3) |
SD: standard deviation