Research Article
Comparison of Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology and Thyroid Scan in Solitary Thyroid Nodule
Table 8
Comparison of thyroid scan and FNAC with histopathology.
| | Thyroid scan and histopathology | Total | FNAC and histopathology | Total | | Positive | Negative | | Positive | Negative | |
| | Positive | 04 (TP) | 36 (FP) | 40 | 04 | 01 | 05 | | Negative | 01 (FN) | 09 (TN) | 10 | 01 | 44 | 45 | | Total | 05 | 45 | 50 | 05 | 45 | 50 | |
Sensitivity = 80%, specificity = 20%, accuracy 26%, PPV = 10%, and NPV = 90% |
Sensitivity = 80.0%, specificity = 97.7%, accuracy = 96.0%, PPV = 80.0%, and NPV = 97.7% |
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