Open AccessA correlative study of solitary thyroid nodules using the bethesda system for reporting thyroid cytopathology
Author(s) -
P Arul,
Suresh Masilamani
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.157302
Subject(s) - medicine , cytopathology , fine needle aspiration cytology , thyroid , medical diagnosis , atypia , radiology , thyroid nodules , malignancy , cytology , histopathology , pathology
Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) is a useful diagnostic modality in the evaluation of solitary thyroid nodules (STN). It can differentiate between benign and malignant lesions in most cases.