Benign Aspirates on Follow-Up FNA May Be Enough in Patients with Initial Atypia of Undetermined Significance/Follicular Lesion of Undetermined Significance
Table 1
Demographic and baseline characteristics in 114 patients with 114 thyroid nodules with benign aspirates following initial AUS/FLUS.
Characteristics
Standard reference
value
Benign ()
Malignant ()
Gender
>0.999
Male
17 (15.5%)
0
Female
93 (84.5%)
4 (100%)
Age (years)
49.9
49.0
0.900
Size (mm)
13.5
16.0
0.797
Location
0.304
Right
66 (60.0%)
1 (25.0%)
Left
44 (40.0%)
3 (75.0%)
Location
0.074
Upper pole
23 (20.9%)
0
Mid pole
45 (40.9%)
4 (100%)
Lower pole
42 (38.2%)
0
Underlying thyroid echogenicity
0.195
Homogenous
88 (80.0%)
2 (50.0%)
Heterogenous
22 (20.0%)
2 (50.0%)
Multiplicity
0.630
Single
49 (44.5%)
1 (25.0%)
Multiple
61 (55.5%)
3 (75.0%)
AUS/FLUS: atypia of undetermined significance/follicular lesion of undetermined significance.
