Table 2.
Initial cytology results for the entire cohort (n = 175) stratified by a) age and b) clinical suspicion.
| A. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Cytology results | Total (n = 175) |
< 40 years (n = 48) |
≥ 40 years (n = 127) |
| Benign | 75 (43%) | 19 (40%) | 56 (44%) |
| Non-diagnostic | 82 (47%) | 22 (46%) | 60 (47%) |
| Suspicious | 16 (9%) | 6 (12%) | 10 (8%) |
| Malignant | 2 (1%) | 1 (2%) | 1 (1%) |
| B. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
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| Cytology results | Clinical Suspicion | |||
|
| ||||
| Low (n = 168) |
Moderate (n = 2) |
High (n = 1) |
Not documented (n = 4) |
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| Benign (n = 75) | 74 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Non-diagnostic (n = 82) | 78 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Suspicious (n = 16) | 15* | 1* | 0 | 0 |
| Malignant (n = 2) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
*
3/15 patients with low clinical suspicion and 1/1 with moderate clinical suspicion and suspicious cytology were subsequently diagnosed with malignancy.