Table (5).
Comparison of Percentages of Distribution of FNA Diagnoses Using TBSRTC Among Published Studies
| Diagnostic Category | Present Study % | Her-Juing Wu H et a l[20] 2011 % no space |
Jo VY et al [15] 2010 % |
Lee K et al [21] 2010 % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ND/UNS | 11.6 | 20.1 | 18.6 | 10 |
| BN | 77.6 | 39 | 59.0 | 67.7 |
| AUS/AFLUS | 0.4 | 27.2 | 3.4 | 3.1 |
| SFN | 4 | 8.4 | 9.7 | 1.1 |
| SM | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 5.1 |
| MGT | 3.6 | 2.7 | 7.0 | 13 |
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FNA: Fine Needle Aspiration, ND/UNS: non diagnostic/unsatisfactory, BN: benign, AUS: atypia of undetermined significance, AFLUS: Atypical follicular lesion of undetermined significance, SFN: suspicious for follicular neoplasm, SM: suspicious for malignancy, MGT: malignant