Table 1.
Histopathological results of thyroid nodules (TNs) with fine-needle cytology (FNC) and surgery.
| Bethesda Classifications [34] | All (N = 296) N (%) |
Benign (N = 227) N (% of All) |
Malignant (N = 69) N (% of All) |
|---|---|---|---|
| I—Nondiagnostic or Unsatisfactory | 60 (20.3) | 47 (78.3) | 13 (21.7) |
| II—Benign | 59 (19.9) | 52 (88.1) | 7 (11.9) |
| III/IV—AUS, FLUS, FN, suspicion for a FN | 142 (48.0) | 120 (84.5) | 22 (15.5) |
| V—Suspicious for Malignancy | 17 (5.7) | 8 (47.1) | 9 (52.9) |
| VI—Malignant | 18 (6.1) | 0 (0.0) | 18 (100.0) |
Abbreviations: AUS—Atypia of Undetermined Significance; FLUS—Follicular Lesion of Undetermined Significance; FN—Follicular Neoplasm.