Malignancy risk for thyroid nodules larger than 4 cm and diagnostic reliability of ultrasound-guided FNAB results

KARADENİZ E., Yur M., Temiz A., AKÇAY M. N.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF SURGERY, cilt.35, sa.1, ss.13-18, 2019 (ESCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 35 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2019
  • Doi Numarası: 10.5578/turkjsurg.4029
  • Dergi Adı: TURKISH JOURNAL OF SURGERY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.13-18
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Thyroid nodule diameter, malignancy, fine needle aspiration biopsy, false negativity, FINE-NEEDLE-ASPIRATION, FALSE-NEGATIVE CYTOLOGY, GREATER-THAN, BIOPSY, SIZE, ACCURACY, CANCER, CARCINOMA, CATEGORY, BENIGN
  • Atatürk Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Objective: Our aim in the present study was to investigate the relation between thyroid nodule diameter and malignancy, and the diagnostic accuracy of fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) for thyroid nodules larger than 4 cm.