Fine Needle Aspiration of Thyroid Nodules Using the Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology: An Institutional Experience in a Rural Setting

Table 2

Comparison of thyroid cytology and surgical pathology.

FNA cytology	Resected cases; ()	Surgical pathology
		Benign ()	Malignant ()
Nondiagnostic	1	1 (100%)	0
Benign	5	5 (100%)	0
Atypia/follicular lesion of unknown; significance (AUS/FLUS)	3	2 (67%)	1 (33%); PTC
Follicular neoplasm or suspicious for; follicular neoplasm (FN/SFN)	7	3 (43%)	4 (57%); 3—PTC, 1—follicular; carcinoma
Suspicious for malignancy (SPTC)	6	1 (17%)	5 (83%); 4—PTC, 1—parathyroid; neoplasm with; malignant potential
Malignant (PTC)	3	1 (33%)	2 (67%); PTC

One case declined surgery due to age and comorbidities and disease is stable at the time of follow-up.