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*The inadequate & suspicious rate with these criteria is 10-30%. In excision specimens, 75-80% are benign.<ref name=pmid11940037>{{Cite journal | last1 = Haugen | first1 = BR. | last2 = Woodmansee | first2 = WW. | last3 = McDermott | first3 = MT. | title = Towards improving the utility of fine-needle aspiration biopsy for the diagnosis of thyroid tumours. | journal = Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) | volume = 56 | issue = 3 | pages = 281-90 | month = Mar | year = 2002 | doi = | PMID = 11940037 }}</ref> | *The inadequate & suspicious rate with these criteria is 10-30%. In excision specimens, 75-80% are benign.<ref name=pmid11940037>{{Cite journal | last1 = Haugen | first1 = BR. | last2 = Woodmansee | first2 = WW. | last3 = McDermott | first3 = MT. | title = Towards improving the utility of fine-needle aspiration biopsy for the diagnosis of thyroid tumours. | journal = Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) | volume = 56 | issue = 3 | pages = 281-90 | month = Mar | year = 2002 | doi = | PMID = 11940037 }}</ref> | ||
**The above begs the question - should the criteria be changed? | **The above begs the question - should the criteria be changed? | ||
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Thyroid Gland, Right Lobe, Fine Needle Aspiration: | |||
- Unsatisfactory; specimen processed and examined, but unsatisfactory | |||
due to insufficient material. Scant follicular cells, Hurthle cells | |||
and colloid present in a background of mixed inflammatory cells and | |||
abundant macrophages. | |||
Note: A repeat aspiration should be considered if clinically warranted. | |||
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