Table 5 Comparison of malignancy rates per preoperative thyroid FNA diagnostic category between our center and other published studies
From: Thyroid Fine-needle aspiration biopsy: an evaluation of its utility in a community setting
FNA Result | Blansfield et al. | Postma et al. | Wu et al. | Williams et al. | Our study |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unsatisfactory | 0/11 = 0% | 0/0 = 0% | 3/21 = 14.2% | 10/55 = 18.2% | 6/49: 12.2% |
Benign | 3/44 = 6.8%* | 0/28 = 0%* | 2/63 = 3.1%* | 15/94 = 16.0% | 10/38: 26.3% |
Inconclusive | 25/85 = 29.4% | 3/47 = 6%* | 14/100 = 14.0% | 55/208 = 26.4% | 29/100: 29% |
Suspicious for malignancy | 8/14 = 57.1% | 5/6 = 83% | 10/18: 55.6% | 16/17: 94.1% | 6/8: 75% |
Malignant | 27/29 = 93.1% | 2/2 = 100% | 19/19 = 100% | 14/14 = 100% | 2/2: 100% |
Total | 63/183 = 34.4% | 10/83 = 12.0% | 48/221 = 21.7% | 110/388 = 28.4% | 53/197 = 26.9% |