Comparison of the Results of Thyroidectomy and Second Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy of the Old Age Group with the Previous Bethesda III group: Is the second Biopsy necessary?

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ATMIŞ V., Ogmen B. E.

ERCIYES MEDICAL JOURNAL, cilt.42, sa.1, ss.25-29, 2020 (ESCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 42 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2020
  • Doi Numarası: 10.14744/etd.2019.80378
  • Dergi Adı: ERCIYES MEDICAL JOURNAL
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Academic Search Premier, CAB Abstracts, EMBASE, Veterinary Science Database, Directory of Open Access Journals, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.25-29
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Old age, FNAB, atypia of undetermined significance, thyroidectomy, UK ROYAL-COLLEGE, INTEROBSERVER REPRODUCIBILITY, HASHIMOTOS-THYROIDITIS, ADULT PATIENTS, MALIGNANCY, NODULES, CLASSIFICATION, RISK, MANAGEMENT, FEATURES
  • Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Objective: We aimed to detect if there were any radiologic, demographic, or clinical findings that were valuable for differentiating benign nodules from malignant nodules in old aged patients, when the results of the first fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) were reported as atypia of undetermined significance (AUS).