Fine needle aspiration biopsy of thyroid lesion: a comparative study between cytological and histopathological findings

ABSTRACT

Fine needle aspiration biopsy [FNAB] was performed on 189 patients with thyroid lesions. 75 cases were studied cytologically and histopathologically, 2 cases were diagnosed as suspicious cytologically, proved to be malignant by histopathology, 66 cases were diagnosed benign cytologically, by histopathological examination 65 were benign and one case was malignant [false negative]. Thyroid FNAB is recommended as a preoperative procedure in the diagnosis of thyroid lesions