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Thyroid nodules classified as atypia or follicular lesions of undetermined significance deserve further research: Analysis of 305 surgically confirmed nodules.

S TurkyilmazM UlusahinB CelebiA B CekicS MunganU KucuktuluA TasdelenAli GünerA Cinel
Published in: Cytopathology : official journal of the British Society for Clinical Cytology (2017)
The overall malignancy rate for nodules diagnosed as AUS/FLUS and the malignancy rate for nodules that underwent repeated FNA after AUS/FLUS were higher than the expected malignancy rates of the National Cancer Institute. It is, therefore, suggested that the current recommendations should be reconsidered.
Keyphrases
  • clinical practice
  • fine needle aspiration