Open AccessImproving bethesda reporting in thyroid cytology: A team effort goes a long way and still miles to go…
Author(s) -
Subramanian Kannan,
Nalini Raju,
Vikram D. Kekatpure,
Naveen Hedne Chandrasekhar,
Vijay Pillai,
A Renuka Keshavamurthy,
Moni Abraham Kuriakose,
Pobbisetty Radhakrishnagupta Rekha,
Nisheena Raghavan,
Akhila Lakhsmikantha,
Srinivas Ramaiah,
Brijal Dave
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
indian journal of endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.456
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2230-9500
pISSN - 2230-8210
DOI - 10.4103/ijem.ijem_350_16
Subject(s) - medicine , cytology , thyroid nodules , bethesda system , malignancy , context (archaeology) , thyroid , thyroid cancer , cytopathology , nodule (geology) , radiology , prospective cohort study , general surgery , gynecology , pathology , paleontology , biology
Fine-needle aspiration cytology is the first step in evaluation of thyroid nodules. Although the Bethesda classification for reporting thyroid cytology has been purported that this uniformity in reporting cytology thereby facilitating clinical decision-making, there are also studies indicating that the reporting percentage and the rates of malignancy in each category vary considerably from center to center making the clinical decision more difficult.