| Literature DB >> 21997833 |
William C Faquin1, Massimo Bongiovanni, Peter M Sadow.
Abstract
Thyroid fine needle aspiration (FNA) is a safe, cost effective, and relatively accurate method for guiding the initial management of a thyroid nodule. The popularity of thyroid FNA is reflected in the fact that over 350,000 thyroid FNAs are performed each year in the USA. As we move into the next decade, several issues pertaining to thyroid FNA are being addressed including: how to better apply thyroid FNA as a differential test for follicular-patterned thyroid tumors, how to manage the atypical thyroid FNA, and how to use thyroid FNA in the evaluation of poorly differentiated thyroid carcinomas.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21997833 DOI: 10.1007/s12022-011-9182-7
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Endocr Pathol ISSN: 1046-3976 Impact factor: 3.943