The Clinical and Pathological Presentation of Thyroid Nodules in Children and the Comparison with Adult Population: Experience of a Single Institution

Table 5

Cytohistological comparison in children and in adults.

	Histological diagnosis
	Group 1 (age 3–20)				Group 2 (age 21–90)
Cytology		Not tumor	Adenoma	Carcinoma		Not tumor	Adenoma	Carcinoma
Benign	36	15	21	0	95	69	25	1
Suspicious, follicular tu.	14	0	14	0	16	2	12	2
Suspicious, other	5	0	2	3	8	3	2	3
Malignant	7	0	0	7	13	0	0	13
Not diagnostic	16	2	14	0	11	4	6	1
Total	78	17	51	10	143	77	46	20