Thyroid Nodule Management

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Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology: A Volume in Foundations in Diagnostic PathologyAnswer: C




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Analysis of multiple series in which patients with thyroid nodules have undergone FNAB has demonstrated a false-negative rate of 2.4% and a false-positive rate of 3.3%. Sensitivity for this method is 92%; specificity 74%. This surpasses the other methods for accurate selection of patients who require surgical resection.

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