Open AccessFine needle aspiration cytology as the primary diagnostic tool in thyroid enlargement
Author(s) -
Arup Sengupta,
Ranabir Pal,
Sumit Kar,
Forhad Akhtar Zaman,
S. K. Sengupta,
Shrayan Pal
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of natural science, biology and medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.236
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 2229-7707
pISSN - 0976-9668
DOI - 10.4103/0976-9668.82308
Subject(s) - medicine , fine needle aspiration cytology , thyroid , malignancy , histopathology , thyroid nodules , anaplastic carcinoma , cytology , fine needle aspiration , histopathological examination , thyroid carcinoma , radiology , thyroid cancer , surgery , biopsy , pathology
In the preoperative decision-making of the thyroid swellings, fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) is becoming an ever more vital tool.