Open AccessBethesda Classification and Cytohistological Correlation of Thyroid Nodules in a Brazilian Thyroid Disease Center
Author(s) -
Kassia B Reuters,
Maria Conceição Mamone,
Elsa S Ikejiri,
Cleber Camacho,
Cláudia C. D. Nakabashi,
Carolina Castro Porto Silva Janovsky,
Ji Hyun Yang,
Danielle M. Andreoni,
Rosália P. Padovani,
Rui M. B. Maciel,
Felipe Augusto Brasileiro Vanderlei,
Rosa Paula M. Biscolla
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
european thyroid journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.23
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 2235-0802
pISSN - 2235-0640
DOI - 10.1159/000488104
Subject(s) - medicine , malignancy , atypia , bethesda system , thyroid , nodule (geology) , thyroid nodules , radiology , thyroid carcinoma , cytology , pathology , gynecology , paleontology , biology
The Bethesda System has been used to classify thyroid cytology in 6 categories besides presenting malignancy rates and respective approaches. Reference centers have validated its use by comparing its proposed malignancy rates with those in in their populations. However, to the best of our knowledge, there has been no corresponding study in Brazil.