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Table 3
Distribution of malignant cases among four FNAC categories.
| Cytologic diagnosis | Histologic typing | Papillary ca. | Follicular ca. | Medullary ca. | Other malignancy | Total |
| Benign | 3 | 1 | — | — | 4 | Suspicious | 2 | 3 | — | — | 5 | Malignant | 32 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 44 | Inadequate | — | — | — | — | — |
| Total | 37 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 53 |
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