Table 5.

Rate of Diagnostic Repeat Fine-Needle Aspiration Among Different Categories of Nodules with Initial Nondiagnostic Specimens

Samir et al. (This study)		Alexander et al. (13)
Cystic vs. solid	Repeat diagnostic FNA (%)	Cystic vs. solid	Repeat diagnostic FNA (%)
Solid n=50	48	Solid n=54	76
Predominantly solid (<25% cystic) n=28	36	<25% cystic n=21	85
Mixed (25%–75% cystic) n=8	38	25%–50% cystic n=17	60
		50%–75% cystic n=26	54
Predominantly cystic (>75% cystic) n=3	67	>75% cystic n=71	48
Total n=89	43	Total n=189	62