Examining the impact of several factors including COVID-19 on thyroid fine-needle aspiration biopsy.
Muzaffer Serdar DenizMerve DindarPublished in: Diagnostic cytopathology (2023)
It can be assumed that when the longitudinal diameter of the thyroid nodule is small and in TIRADS categories other than the TIRADS3 category, TFNAB is less likely to be diagnostic. However, future research may be needed to confirm these findings and uncover any long-term effects of COVID-19 or vaccines on thyroid nodule diagnostics.