title: [Thyroid cytology].
abstract: The fine needle aspiration cytology of the thyroid represents a valuable aid for clinical decisions besides scintigraphy and sonography if representative cellular material is available. False diagnoses of malignancy may be totally avoided whereas a relatively high percentage of malignant tumours escapes the cytological diagnosis mostly as a consequence of insufficient puncture. For the intraoperative decision concerning the extent of resection, imprint cytology shows better results than frozen sections at least for follicular tumours.
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology; D000236:Adenoma / Q000473:pathology; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000473:pathology; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Schilddrüsencytologie.