Assessment of Accuracy of Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology and Ultrasonography in Relation to Histopathology in Cases of Solitary Thyroid Nodule

Assessment of Accuracy of Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology and Ultrasonography in Relation to Histopathology in Cases of Solitary Thyroid Nodule

The thyroid gland is an endocrine gland situated in the lower part of front and the sides of the neck. Thyroid nodules are very common with estimated prevalence that ranges from 4% by palpation to 67% by Ultrasonography. The main purpose of our study was to detect cases of thyroid carcinoma preopera...

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Published in:Indian journal of otolaryngology, and head, and neck surgery Vol. 74; no. Suppl 2; pp. 2422 - 2429
Main Authors: Harshvardhan, Rekha, Jorwal, Vikas, Gupta, Shubhangi, Sharma, Vijay, Sehra, Ritu, Agarwal, Sunita
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: New Delhi Springer India 01-10-2022
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:
Accuracy
Biopsy
Cellular biology
Head and Neck Surgery
Histopathology
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Original
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Otorhinolaryngology
Surgery
Thyroid cancer
Thyroid gland
Ultrasonic imaging
Fine needle aspiration cytology
Malignancy
Solitary thyroid nodule
Ultrasonography
Benign
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Summary:The thyroid gland is an endocrine gland situated in the lower part of front and the sides of the neck. Thyroid nodules are very common with estimated prevalence that ranges from 4% by palpation to 67% by Ultrasonography. The main purpose of our study was to detect cases of thyroid carcinoma preoperatively in patients with solitary thyroid nodules and subsequently advise surgery in these selected patients only, without missing any malignancy. The goal of the investigating modalities used was that they should detect maximum (ideally all) cases of carcinoma and minimize the number of patients who might end up with unnecessary surgery. The present study was to be undertaken for assessment of accuracy of FNAC & USG in relation to Histopathology in cases of solitary thyroid nodule (accuracy in terms of sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value). In our series of total 102 pateints, 90 patients were females (88.2%) and 12 cases were males (11.8%). The overall incidence of malignancy in solitary thyroid nodules is 15.68%. In our series the sensitivity and specificity of Fine needle aspiration cytology and Ultrasonography was 81.25% & 98.84% and 75% and 77.91% respectively. The closest method to ideal was fine needle aspiration cytology. However, a combination of techniques, rather than a single technique, give optimum results & avoid unnecessary surgery in a greater number of patients without missing any malignancy.
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ISSN:2231-3796
0973-7707
DOI:10.1007/s12070-020-02215-y