Frozen section analysis and sentinel lymph node biopsy in well differentiated thyroid cancer

Table 1 Distribution of final thyroid gland pathology

	Final pathology	N° of patients
Conclusive fnac results	Papillary thyroid carcinoma	115
	Papillary microcarcinoma	19
	Follicular carcinoma*	4
Inconclusive fnac results	Papillary thyroid carcinoma	75
	Papillary microcarcinoma	76
	Follicular carcinoma	11

*These patients had a preoperative fine needle aspiration cytology result positive for HBME; and were pre-operatively considered to be a follicular variant of a papillary carcinoma.

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