Table 2. Utility of fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) for the differentiation between benign and malignant thyroid nodules.

Cytology results of the FNAB	Histopathology results Data (%)		Total (%)
	Benign	Malignant
Not done	45 (32.4%)	7 (31.8%)	52 (32.3%)
Normal	48 (34.5%)	4 (18.2%)	52 (32.3%)
Pathologic	1 (0.7%)	2 (9.1%)	3 (1.9%)
Intermediate/suspected	19 (13.7%)	4 (18.2%)	23 (14.3%)
Insufficient	26 (18.7%)	5 (22.7%)	31 (19.2%)
Total (%)	139 (100%)	22 (100%)	161 (100%)

Differentiation between benign and malignant tumors was not statistically significant, p = 0.058.