Abstract
To determine the cytodiagnostic accuracy rate and pitfalls of Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT), the files and smears prepared from the thyroid needle aspirates of 146 patients with suspected HT and/or clinically and serologically confirmed HT were reviewed. Of those patients, 105 presented with a diffuse and rubbery thyroid enlargement, and 41 with one or two prominent nodules. For the first group (105 patients), the needle aspiration biopsy (NAB) was performed on one or two thyroid lobes during their initial endocrinologic consultation, and for the second group (41 patients), the NAB was performed on and around the predominant nodules that were found either at initial physical examination or during the patients' routine follow-ups. In 134 cases, a cytodiagnosis of HT was made on the first NAB. Among the 41 patients with a prominent thyroid nodule, a thyroid neoplasm was suspected clinically in four because their thyroid nodules increased in size. In the other 12 patients, a cytodiagnosis of follicular neoplasm (FN) was made in five cases, and a Hürthle cell tumor (HCT) was diagnosed or suspected in seven patients. All 16 patients had thyroid surgery, and a HT was histologically confirmed in all cases. In the first four patients, n...Continue Reading
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