Javaidur Rehman Ashraf.
Role of Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology (FNAC) in solitary cold thyroid nodule.
Proceeding Shaikh Zayed Postgrad Med Inst Jan ;19(2):83-6.

This experimental study was conducted in Department of Surgery of Services Institute of Medical Sciences, Lahore from May 2004 to October 2005 for 50 cases to compare the results of FNAC with histopathology in order to find out the role of FNAC in solitary cold thyroid nodule. Three patients had a cystic fluid on FNAC but due to residual nodule these patients are also operated. The results of FNAC and histopathology are compared. The sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of FNAC was 83.3%, 100% and 71.4% subsequently. Papillary cell carcinoma has a higher incidence as compared to follicular carcinoma. This study shown that FNAC is a good diagnostic modality to differentiate between benign and malignant solitary cold thyroid nodule.

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