Table 2.

Distribution of benign USFNA MTNS+ scores and their associated surgical pathology diagnosis

MTNS	Total (n)	Benign n (%)	Malignant n (%)
1	1	1 (1.0)	0 (0.0)
2	1	1 (1.0)	0 (0.0)
3	0	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
4	9	9 (8.9)	0 (0.0)
5	21	20 (19.8)	1 (1.0)
6	14	13 (12.9)	1 (1.0)
7	20	15 (14.9)	5 (5.0)
8	17	12 (11.9)	5 (5.0)
9	7	5 (5.0)	2 (2.0)
10	7	6 (5.9)	1 (1.0)
11	2	2 (2.0)	0 (0.0)
12	0	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
13	1	1 (1.0)	0 (0.0)
14	0	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
15	0	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
16	0	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
17	0	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
18	1	0 (0.0)	1 (1.0)
Total	101	85 (84.2)	16 (15.8)

MTNS+ McGill Thyroid Nodule Score Plus. USFNA Ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration