Some observations on the efficacy of cytological diagnosis with the methods of fine needle aspiration (FNA), histopathology and their clinical relations
- Author:
Nguyen Van Thanh
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Histopathology
- MeSH:
Diagnosis;
Aspirations (Psychology);
pathology
- From:Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Information
2003;0(11):31-35
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
216 patients with thyroid pathology who had normal thyroid function were studied prospective with cytology examination by FNA method at hospital 103 from the year 2000 to 2003. Among them 69% had a compatobility between cutology and histopathology results, 27,3%no and 3,7% partly. With simple thyroid goiter diagnosed on cytology, the histopathology had defined 50% had accuracy. With a suspection of thyroid cancer as diagnosed cytologically, the histopathology had defined that 62,5% had cancer, accurately
