Open AccessThyroglobulin Wash Testing in the Surveillance of Patients with Thyroid Carcinoma: Proposal for a Reflex Test
Author(s) -
Anastasiya Pigal,
Rossitza DraganovaTacheva,
Charalambos Solomides,
Marluce Bibbo
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
acta cytologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.513
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1938-2650
pISSN - 0001-5547
DOI - 10.1159/000354379
Subject(s) - medicine , cytology , thyroglobulin , lymph node , thyroid carcinoma , carcinoma , retrospective cohort study , thyroid , fine needle aspiration , radiology , biopsy , pathology
Fine needle aspiration (FNA) cytology with thyroglobulin wash (TG-W) testing is recommended for follow-up of patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC). The goal of this retrospective study was to determine if TG-W results contributed to the management of cases with positive FNA cytology.
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