Open AccessThyroid bethesda atypia of undetermined significance or follicular lesion of undetermined significance (aus/flus): A heterogenous group
Author(s) -
Priyanka Maity,
Ashish K. Jha,
Moumita Sengupta,
Keya Basu,
Uttara Chatterjee,
Sujoy Ghosh
Publication year - 2019
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/joc.joc_160_18
Subject(s) - medicine , atypia , papanicolaou stain , malignancy , bethesda system , thyroid , pathology , nuclear atypia , gynecology , cytology , immunohistochemistry , cancer , cervical cancer
The Bethesda system of reporting thyroid cytopathology (BSRTC) was introduced in 2007. The third category of atypia of undetermined significance/follicular lesion of undetermined significance (AUS/FLUS) poses difficulties for the pathologist, and different papers have been published varying the risks of malignancy.