Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of demographic, clinical, radiological, cytological and histopathological features
| Profile of subjects with Solitary Thyroid Nodule (n=137) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Clinical Features | Sub-features | No. (%) |
| Composition | Completely solid | 119 (86.86%) |
| Mixed solid & cystic | 18 (13.13%) | |
| Echogenicity | Hyperechoic | 62 (45.25%) |
| Isoechoic | ||
| Hypoechoic | 51 (37.22%) | |
| 24 (17.51%) | ||
| Calcification | None or comet-tail artifacts | 95 (69.34%) |
| Macro calcification | 20 (14.59%) | |
| Micro calcification | ||
| Rim calcification | 14 (10.21%) | |
| 8 (5.83%) | ||
| Shape | Wider than taller | 123 (89.78%) |
| Taller than wider | 14 (10.21%) | |
| Margin | Smooth | 118 (86.13) |
| Ill-defined | 6 (4.37) | |
| Lobulated/irregular | 13 (9.48) | |
| TIRADS Score | TIRADS 1 (Benign) | No FNA |
| TIRADS 2 (Not suspicious) | No FNA | |
| TIRADS 3 (Mildly suspicious) | 91 (64.96) | |
| TIRADS 4 (Moderately suspicious) | 29 (22.62) | |
| TIRADS 5 (Highly suspicious) | 17 (12.40) | |
| BETHESDA Classification | BETHESDA 1 (Non-diagnostic) | 4 (2.91) |
| BETHESDA 2 (Benign) | 85 (62.04) | |
| BETHESDA 3 (AUS/FLUS) | 20 (14.59) | |
| BETHESDA 4 (Follicular neoplasm) | 13 (9.48) | |
| BETHESDA 5 (Suspicious for malignancy) | 14 (10.21) | |
| BETHESDA 6 (Malignant) | 1 (0.72) | |
| Surgical Histopathology (n=61) | Benign | 36 (59.01) |
| Malignant | 25 (40.98) | |