نویسندگان
Mostafa Hosseini, Hamid Reza Alizadeh Otaghvar, Adnan Tizmaghz, Ghazaal Shabestanipour, Soheila Arvaneh
تاریخ انتشار
2015/7/21
ژورنال
Medical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran
جلد
29
صفحات
239
توضیح
Background
Fine needle aspiration (FNA) has led to a decrease in unnecessary surgeries for thyroid nodules. This study was designed to compare diagnostic value of FNA and frozen section methods in the follicular lesions.
Methods
This is a cross-sectional study based on the medical records of 42 patients who were referred to surgery clinic of Rasool-e-Akram hospital in Tehran with complaint of thyroid nodules. All FNAs were diagnosed as follicular lesions in pathologic evaluation. All the patients underwent thyroid surgery and their frozen section results were also assessed. Finally, diagnostic value of the two tests was compared based on final permanent histologic report.
Results
Forty two patients with follicular thyroid nodules diagnosed with FNA were included. During the operation, using frozen sections, diagnosis of papillary carcinoma, non-papillary malignancies, benign lesion and intermediate cytology …