The use of the Bethesda terminology in thyroid fine-needle aspiration results in a lower rate of surgery for nonmalignant nodules: A report from a reference center in Turkey

International Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 761-771

  Ozluk, Yasemin ^a   Pehlivan, Esmehan ^a   Gulluoglu, Mine G ^a   Poyanli, Arzu ^a   Salmaslioglu, Artur ^a   Colak, Nese ^a   Kapran, Yersu ^a   Yilmazbayhan, Dilek ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bethesda system; cytopathology; fine needle aspiration; reporting; thyroid

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BETHESDA SYSTEM; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIATED THYROID CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GOITER; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOMENCLATURE; PARAGANGLIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID ADENOMA; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY; TURKEY;

EID: 84859962991     PISSN: 10668969     EISSN: 19402465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1066896911415667     Document Type: Article

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