Pediatric thyroid FNA biopsy: Outcomes and impact on management over 24 years at a tertiary care center

CONCLUSIONSFNAB remains a valuable tool for preoperative assessment of pediatric thyroid nodules. When samples are adequate for assessment, cytology other than clearly “benign” merits referral for diagnostic or therapeutic thyroidectomy. In this series, FNAB did not reduce rates of surgery for benign disease. Cancer Cytopathol 2016. © 2016 American Cancer Society.
Source: Cancer Cytopathology - Category: Pathology Authors: Tags: Original Article Source Type: research