Open AccessCytological diagnosis of pediatric thyroid nodule in perspective of the Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology
Author(s) -
Chayanika Pantola,
Sanjay Kala,
Lubna Khan,
Saurabh Pantola,
Mahendra Singh,
Sumanlata Verma
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of cytology/journal of cytology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.267
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 0974-5165
pISSN - 0970-9371
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9371.190451
Subject(s) - medicine , atypia , nodule (geology) , thyroid , malignancy , bethesda system , thyroid nodules , cytopathology , cytology , radiology , fine needle aspiration , pathology , gynecology , biopsy , paleontology , biology
Thyroid nodule is one of the most common endocrinopathies occurring children and adolescents. Though thyroid nodule is rare in the pediatric age group, the rate of malignancy is much higher in this age group compared to adult population.