Open AccessInsight to neoplastic thyroid lesions by fine needle aspiration cytology
Author(s) -
M Rangaswamy,
KL Narendra,
Suhag Patel,
C Gururajprasad,
GV Manjunath
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of cytology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.267
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 0974-5165
pISSN - 0970-9371
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9371.107508
Subject(s) - medicine , fine needle aspiration cytology , thyroid , cytology , radiology , thyroid nodules , predictive value , histopathological examination , histopathology , pathology
Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) is a valuable adjunct to pre-operative screening in the diagnosis of thyroid nodules, and in most cases, it can distinguish between benign and malignant lesions.