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Table 1 Results of the 44 rFNAs after initial AUS/FLUS cytopathology result

From: Rate of malignancy for thyroid nodules with AUS/FLUS cytopathology in a tertiary care center – a retrospective cohort study

Classification

N = (%)

rFNA Result

Frequency (%)

Resected (%a)

Malignant (%b)

Indeterminant

24 (54.5%)

AUS/FLUS

16 (36.4%)

6 (37.5%)

2 (33.3%)

Non-Diagnostic

8 (18.2%)

2 (25.0%)

0 (0%)

Re-Classified

20 (45.5%)

Benign

11 (25.0%)

1 (9.1%)

0 (0%)

FN/SFN

5 (11.4%)

3 (60.0%)

1 (33.3%)

SFM

4 (9.1%)

4 (100.0%)

4 (100.0%)

Malignant

0 (0%)

N/A

N/A

  1. Abbreviations: AUS/FLUS atypia of undetermined significance/follicular lesion of undetermined significance, FN/SFN follicular neoplasm/suspicious for follicular neoplasm, SFM suspicious for malignancy
  2. aPercent of frequency
  3. bPercent of resected
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Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery

ISSN: 1916-0216

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