Fine-Needle Aspiration in the Diagnosis of Thyroid Diseases: An Appraisal in Our Institution

Table 2

FNAC and histopathologic results.

FNAC diagnosis	Number of specimens	Number of patients with histologic diagnosis	Histopathologic diagnosis
			Benign (non neoplastic)	Malignant	Adenoma
Benign	1054	96	92 (TN)	4 (FN)	0
Suspicious*	306	52	24	5	23
Malignant	128	44	0 (FP)	44 (TP)	0
Inadequate	151	—
Total	1639	192

*The suspicious group is not included in determining the statistical indices.