A fourteen year practice with the fine needle aspiration biopsy of the thyroid in an endemic area

Pathology, Research and Practice
K W SchmidW Zechmann

Abstract

In our institute from 1970 to 1983 12,829 fine needle aspiration biopsies (FNB) of the thyroid were cytologically examined. Cytologically unsatisfactory specimens were found in 17.7%. 2,709 patients with representative cytological findings were operated and histological examinations were performed. The cytological and histological findings were correlated. There was a false-negative rate of 2.0% and a false-positive rate of 18.4%. Furthermore we divided the results into two time periods (1970-1977 and 1978-1983) because of a change in the indication for surgery in the last years. Although the indication has changed, cytological findings of both time periods investigated were almost similar.

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Mar 27, 2010·Surgery·Reza AsariBruno Niederle
Oct 16, 2015·Der Pathologe·S TingK W Schmid
Sep 13, 2002·Thyroid : Official Journal of the American Thyroid Association·Tamás SolymosiIstvan Szabolcs
Mar 9, 2005·Diagnostic Cytopathology·Mojghan AmrikachiIbrahim Ramzy
Feb 1, 1994·Cytopathology : Official Journal of the British Society for Clinical Cytology·C OfnerK W Schmid
Jan 1, 1990·Cytopathology : Official Journal of the British Society for Clinical Cytology·T LuzeK W Schmid

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