Open AccessLow malignancy risk of thyroid follicular lesion of undetermined significance in patients from post-endemic areas
Author(s) -
Dorota Słowińska-Klencka,
Ewa Woźniak,
Martyna Wojtaszek-Nowicka,
Bożena Popowicz,
Stanisław Sporny,
Mariusz Klencki
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
european journal of endocrinology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.897
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1479-683X
pISSN - 0804-4643
DOI - 10.1530/eje-12-0993
Subject(s) - medicine , malignancy , thyroid , biopsy , thyroid cancer , follicular phase , thyroid nodules , pathology , gynecology , radiology , gastroenterology
New classification of the thyroid fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) results tries to stratify the risk of malignancy of thyroid follicular lesions using 'follicular lesion of undetermined significance' (FLUS) subcategory. Clinical significance of this category in the endemic (or post-endemic) areas has not been clearly established.
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