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Cytohistological comparison in medullary and nonmedullary thyroid carcinomas.
| Cytology | N | Histopathology | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medullary cancer N (%) | Other malignancies N (%) | Benign N (%) | ||
| Benign | 3034 | 2 (0.07%) | 31 (1.02%) | 3001 (98.9%) |
| Suspicious | 891 | 13 (1.46%) | 164 (18.4%) | 714 (80.1%) |
| Malignant | 253 | 8 (3.16%) | 242 (95.7%) | 3 (1.19%) |
| Not diagnostic | 423 | 0 | 26 (6.1%) | 397 (93.9%) |
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| Total | 4601 | 23 (0.5%) | 463 (10.1%) | 4115 (89.4%) |
