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

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