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Thyroid FNA: International perspectives from the European Congress of Cytopathology—Can we cross the bridge of classifications?
Author(s) -
Rossi Esther Diana,
Pusztaszeri Marc,
Schmitt Fernando,
Bongiovanni Massimo,
Chandra Ashish,
Faquin William C.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
cancer cytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.29
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1934-6638
pISSN - 1934-662X
DOI - 10.1002/cncy.21517
Subject(s) - medicine , cytopathology , thyroid nodules , thyroid , fine needle aspiration , thyroid cancer , nodule (geology) , general surgery , pathology , medical physics , cytology , biopsy , paleontology , biology
The 38th European Congress of Cytology 2014, held in Geneva, Switzerland, offered a specific symposium concerning the Bethesda thyroid classification scheme. What emerged in that thyroid symposium, which was attended by all of the authors of this commentary, was the persistent need for a universally adopted thyroid fine‐needle aspiration reporting system that can diagnose the same thyroid nodule in the same way anywhere in the world. Herein, the authors critically outline the advantages and limits of thyroid fine‐needle aspiration classification schemes that were discussed at the symposium.