title: Do repeatedly nondiagnostic fine needle aspirations of thyroid nodules predict malignancy risk?
abstract: Fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) is a common, minimally invasive, cost-effective, and rapid method to manage thyroid nodules, but nondiagnostic FNAB (ND-FNAB) is still a common problem due to high prevalence (2%-20%). Our purpose in this study is to investigate risk of malignancy of repeating ND-FNABs and correlation between clinical and ultrasound findings. Our cohort study included 75 patients who had 2 or more times ND-FNABs and, finally, undergone surgical resection. We evaluated demographic, clinical, ultasonographic, and pathologic features. Fifty-seven patients were female, and 22 patients were male. Seventy-five patients' histopathologic results were 76% (n=57) benign and 24% (n=18) malignant. Of malignant nodules, 94.4% (n=17) were papillary carcinoma, whereas 5.6% (n=1) were follicular carcinoma. We did not find any predictive factor for malignancy and any differences associated with clinical and ultrasonographic features between benign and malignant nodules. Reaspiration followed by surgery for appropriate patients is recommended.
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology, Sakarya Training and Research Hospital, Sakarya, Turkey. Electronic address: drarpaci@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Dilek
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Arpaci
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism Diseases, Yildirim Beyazit University, Ankara Ataturk Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. Electronic address: didemoz@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Didem
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ozdemir
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism Diseases, Yildirim Beyazit University, Ankara Ataturk Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. Electronic address: neslihancuh@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Neslihan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Cuhaci
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Ankara Ataturk Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Gulten
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kiyak
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Yildirim Beyazit University, Ankara Ataturk Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Abdussamet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yalcin
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Ankara Ataturk Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Soner
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Akbaba
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Ankara Ataturk Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Aylin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kilicyazgan
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism Diseases, Yildirim Beyazit University, Ankara Ataturk Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. Electronic address: reyhaner@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Reyhan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ersoy
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism Diseases, Yildirim Beyazit University, Ankara Ataturk Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. Electronic address: bekircak@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Bekir
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cakir
mesh_terms: D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016606:Thyroid Nodule / Q000175:diagnosis*
keywords: Biopsy; Malignancy; Nondiagnostic; Surgery