Table 3.
Histological Type of All Nodules
| Histological types | Number |
|---|---|
| Malignant (77) | |
| Papillary carcinoma | 48 |
| Follicular carcinoma | 9 |
| Papillary cicrocarcinoma | 5 |
| Medullary carcinoma | 4 |
| Poorly differentiated carcinoma | 3 |
| Squamous cell carcinoma (primary) | 3 |
| Anaplastic carcinoma | 2 |
| Hurthle cell carcinoma | 1 |
| Lymphoma | 1 |
| Metastasis to thyroid | 1 |
| Benign (141) | |
| Follicular adenoma | 71 |
| Hyperplastic nodules/Multinodular goitre | 43 |
| NIFTP | 11 |
| Adenomatoid nodules | 7 |
| Degenerate benign nodules | 3 |
| Nodular Hashimoto’s | 2 |
| Intrathyroidal parathyroid adenoma | 2 |
| Foregut duplication cyst | 1 |
| Organising haematoma | 1 |