Online ISSN: 1303-6289
Print ISSN: 0304-4793


Published Online: 
January 15, 2005

Turkish Archives of Otolaryngology 2004; 42(4): 210-214 Abstract



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 Fine-needle Aspiration Cytology and Value of Frozen Section in the Diagnosis of the Thyroid Nodules

Tiroid Nodüllerinin Tanısında İnce İğne Aspirasyon Sitolojisi ve Frozen Kesitin Değeri

 F. Köybaşıoğlu, S. Özakkoyunlu

SSK Ankara Training Hospital, Pathology Laboratory, Cytopathology Unit, Ankara, Turkey
Key Words
Fine-needle aspiration cytology, frozen section, thyroid nodules 
Abstract
 

 

 

Objectives: To evaluate the need for frozen section (FS) during surgery in patients with nodular thyroid disease who have preoperative sufficient fine needle aspiration biopsy.

Materials and Methods: Frozen section was performed in 51 patients who had been operated for the thyroid nodular disease. In 42 of these patients preoperative FNAC was available. FNAC and FS results were compared with the histopathological results.

Results: The sensitivity, specificity, accurancy, positive - negative predictive ratio of the FNAC and FS are 100%, 26.6% - 87.5%, 45% - 90.1%, 31% - 68%, 100%.

Conclusion: FNAC is a valuable diagnostic test in determining the surgery for thyroid nodules. We think that frozen section is the complementary technique for thyroid nodules which had preoperative diagnosis of "suspicious cytology".
Accepted after revision: September 9, 2004
Correspondence:
 		Fulya Köybaşıoğlu, MD 
Binsen Kalender Evleri, 5. Cadde 102. Sok. 10-C/3
Ümitköy, Ankara - Türkiye, Phone: (0312)236 26 04
e-mail: fgk@yahoo.com

 

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