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Non-diagnostic rates for thyroid fine needle aspiration are negatively correlated with positive for malignancy rates
1Department of Pathology, Baptist Hospital, Miami, FL 33176, USA. andrewr@baptisthealth.net
Introduction:
Non-diagnostic rates for thyroid fine needle aspiration vary considerably, but reasons for this variation are poorly understood.
Methods:
Our group reviewed the results of all thyroid aspirations with surgical resection for the last 13 years at our institutions, combined these with those in the literature, and correlated non-diagnostic rates with positivity rates.
Results:
Non-diagnostic rates were negatively correlated with positivity rates (R2=0.55). Studies that had significantly lower non-diagnostic rates than the rest of the literature (2 vs. 15%, p=0.002) had different or undefined adequacy criteria or used core biopsies in addition to fine needle aspiration.
Conclusions:
Non-diagnostic rates for thyroid fine needle aspirations are negatively correlated with positivity rates. These data provide more realistic estimates of achievable adequacy rates.
