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Comparison of Fine-Needle Aspiration Cytopathology with Histopathological Examination of the Thyroid Gland in Patients Undergoing Elective Thyroid Surgery: Do We Still Need Fine-Needle Aspiration Cytopathology?

Oskar GąsiorowskiJerzy LeszczyńskiJoanna KaszczewskaKamil StępkowskiPiotr KaszczewskiMaksymilian BaryłaZbigniew Gałązka
Published in: Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) (2024)
Due to many factors, FNAC may lead to over- or under-diagnosis, increasing the chances of complications associated with the selected treatment. However, we do not have any other more accurate tools; therefore, FNAC should still remain as the gold standard of preliminary examination.
Keyphrases
  • fine needle aspiration
  • patients undergoing
  • ultrasound guided
  • minimally invasive
  • coronary artery bypass
  • high resolution
  • combination therapy
  • smoking cessation