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. 2020 Apr;32(2):140–148. doi: 10.21147/j.issn.1000-9604.2020.02.02

3. Distribution of cytologic-histologic correlation of nodules within excised thyroid glands and ROM.

DC FNA (n) Excision
[n (%)]
ROM (NIFTP=Ca) (%) ROM (NIFTP≠Ca) (%) Non-neoplastic lesion (n) Neoplastic lesion (n)
Benign neoplasm NIFTP Malignant neoplasm
Total PTC MTC FTC ATC ITTA
ROM, risk of malignancy; DC, diagnostic category; FNA, fine needle aspiration; NIFTP, non-invasive follicular thyroid neoplasm with papillary-like nuclear features; Ca, carcinoma; PTC, papillary thyroid carcinoma; MTC, medullary thyroid carcinoma; FTC, follicular thyroid carcinoma; ATC, anaplastic thyroid carcinoma; ITTA, intrathyroidal thymic adenocarcinoma.
I 411 42 (10.2) 59.5 57.1 17 0 1 24 24
II 476 36 (7.6) 41.7 38.9 20 1 1 14 14 0
III 439 90 (20.5) 50.0 50.0 39 6 45 43 2
IV 64 29 (45.3) 34.5 31.0 12 7 1 9 8 1
V 319 200 (62.7) 78.5 78.5 41 2 157 149 7 1
VI 1,072 725 (67.6) 99.4 99.3 3 1 1 720 710 7 2 1
Total 2,781 1,122 (40.3) 86.7 86.4 132 17 4 969 948 16 2 2 1