Table 2:

Correlation with results of US-CNB and final surgical pathology of the conventional CNB group^a

CNB Results by Bethesda Category (n = 26)	Surgical Pathology (n = 9)
	Benign (n = 6)	Malignant (n = 3)
Class I (n = 0)	–	–
Class II (n = 15)	NH (n = 1), LT (n = 1)	–
Class III (n = 9)	NH (n = 4)	PTC (n = 1)
Class IV (n = 1)	–	PTC (n = 1)
Class V (n = 0)	–	–
Class VI (n = 1)	–	MTC (n = 1)

Note:—NH, nodular hyperplasia; LT, lymphocytic thyroiditis; MTC, medullary thyroid carcinoma.

^aData are the number of nodules.