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New Indian Journal of Surgery

Volume  12, Issue 4, October- December 2021, Pages 233-236
 

Original Article

Diagnostic Accuracy of FNAC in Solitary Thyroid Nodule A Single Institutional Experience

Nagesh Biradar¹, Badareesh Lakshminarayana², Saumya Bhagat³, Raghavendra Biradar4

1Assistant Professor, 2Associate Professor, 3MBBS Intern, Department of General Surgery, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Udupi 576104, Karnataka. 4Intern, BGS Global Institute of Medical Science and Research, Bengaluru 560060, Karnataka, India.

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DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.21088/nijs.0976.4747.12421.6

Abstract

Background: In this study, we aimed to evaluate the value of FNAC in the diagnosis of solitary thyroid nodule, and asses the correlation with the histopathology. Materials and Methods: Prospectively FNACs of 90 cases of solitary thyroid nodule was compared with histopathology from July 1 2013 till June 31 2015. Results: The sensitivity and specificity of FNAC in our study is 77.7% and 98.7 respectively, the positive predictive value and negative predictive value is 87.5% and 97.5%respectively. Discussion: In our study, FNAC is proved to be an invaluable tool for pre-operative diagnosis of thyroid lesions, and its Bethesda system concords with histopathology results. Keywords: Solitary thyroid nodule; Fine needle aspiration cytology; Thyroid malignancy; Sensitivity; specificity.


Corresponding Author : Nagesh Biradar, Assistant Professor, Department of General Surgery, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Udupi 576104, Karnataka