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. 2016 Dec 16;8(3):4948–4959. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.13996

Table 1. Final diagnoses of thyroid nodules.

FNA cytological results (n = 159) Pathological results (n = 156)
Benign (n = 72) Malignant (n = 84)
FNA + follow up
(n = 98)		 Bethesda II
(n = 98)		 / /
Surgery
(n = 95)		 / 31 nodular goiters,
8 hashimoto nodules,
4 adenomas,
2 subacute thyroiditis		 46 papillary thyroid carcinomas,
2 follicular carcinomas,
1 medullary carcinomas,
1 undifferentiated carcinoma
FNA + surgery
(n = 61)		 Bethesda II
(n = 20)		 16 nodular goiters,
4 hashimoto nodules		 n = 0
Bethesda III
(n = 14)		 4 nodular goiters,
1 hashimoto nodules		 9 papillary thyroid carcinomas
Bethesda IV
(n = 2)		 2 adenomas n = 0
Bethesda V
(n = 16)		 n = 0 15 papillary thyroid carcinomas,
1 medullary carcinoma
Bethesda VI
(n = 9)		 n = 0 9 papillary thyroid carcinomas

Abbreviations: FNA, fine needle aspiration; Bethesda II, benign; Bethesda III, atypia of undetermined significance/follicular lesion of undetermined significance; Bethesda IV, follicular neoplasm/suspicious for follicular neoplasm; Bethesda V, suspicious for malignancy; Bethesda VI, malignant.