Open AccessTo Establish Bethesda System for Diagnosis of Thyroid Nodules on the Basis of F NAC with Histopathological Correlation
Author(s) -
Sameep Garg,
Nandini Desai,
Dimple S. Mehta,
Mitsu Vaishnav
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2015/14823.6897
Subject(s) - bethesda system , medicine , cytopathology , thyroid , thyroid nodules , malignancy , confusion , radiology , fine needle aspiration , thyroid cancer , fine needle aspiration cytology , thyroid neoplasm , pathology , cytology , gynecology , biopsy , psychology , psychoanalysis
In October 2007, "The National Cancer Institute (NCI), Thyroid Fine Needle Aspiration State of the Science Conference" was held in Bethesda, Maryland hosted by the NCI with the intention of formulating internationally acceptable guidelines for reporting of thyroid cytopathology. This was because, thyroid FNAC have a reporting confusion due to multiplicity of category terminologies. To overcome this, The Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology (TBSRTC) was introduced for unifying the terminology and morphologic criteria along with the corresponding risk of malignancy. The Bethesda system for reporting thyroid cytopathology represents a major step towards standardization, reproducibility, improved clinical significance, and greater predictive value of thyroid fine needle aspirates (FNAs).