Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy in the Diagnosis of Thyroid Lesions

Coşkun Tecimer, Tülay Tecimer, Hüseyin Üstün, Gökhan Erpek, SALİM GÜNGÖR, Hilal Koral, Suat Bozkürk

  • Coşkun Tecimer: İstanbul Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi
  • Tülay Tecimer: İstanbul Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi
  • Hüseyin Üstün: İstanbul Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi
  • Gökhan Erpek: İstanbul Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi
  • SALİM GÜNGÖR: NECMETTİN ERBAKAN ÜNİVERSİTESİ
  • Hilal Koral: Selçuk Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi
  • Suat Bozkürk: Selçuk Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi
  • Year : 1993
  • Vol : 9
  • Issue : 2
  •  Page : 183-190
The results of fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) which was pelformed in 142 patients with thyroid lesions in 18 month-period were evaluated and histopathological results of 46 cases who had surgical intervention were compared to their cytological examinations. The accuracy of FNAB in diagnosis was found 95.6%. In two cases the results were false positive. We suggest that FNAB should be more commonly applied in thyroid lesions, especially in nodular ones. In Turkey where thyoid diseases are frequent, and other diagnostic laboratory methods are expensive.

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Selcuk Medical Journal
1993, Vol. 9 (2)
ISSN: 1017-6616
E-ISSN: 2149-8059
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