The thyroid nodule: fine-needle aspiration biopsy technique.

The initial portion of this article includes general comments regarding thyroid nodules, reference to 2 recent articles delineating guidelines for management of thyroid nodules, and discussion of several areas of disagreement with these articles and expansion of recommendations in areas not covered by the published guidelines. The main body of the article provides a detailed discussion of our technique for fine-needle aspiration biopsy of a thyroid nodule.