Open AccessPunção Aspirativa de Nódulos da Tiroide: Vale a Pena Repetir?
Author(s) -
Vera Fernandes,
Tânia Pereira,
Catarina Eloy
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
acta médica portuguesa
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1646-0758
pISSN - 0870-399X
DOI - 10.20344/amp.8215
Subject(s) - humanities , physics , philosophy
The fine-needle aspiration has a significant role in assessing the malignancy risk of thyroid nodules. There is uncertainty regarding the value of repeat fine-needle aspiration in benign nodules. This study aims to evaluate the concordance of results in consecutive fine-needle aspiration and to study the relevance of repetition in benign results.
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