Correlation of Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology with Histopathology in the Diagnosis of Solitary Thyroid Nodule

Table 3

Benign or suspicious neoplastic lesions diagnosed by FNAC and their comparison with histopathological diagnosis.

FNAC report	Number of patients ($n=30$)	Histopathological report	Number of patients ($n=30$)	Remarks
Follicular neoplasm	12	Follicular adenoma	9	True positive
		Colloid nodular goitre	3	False positive
Hurthle cell tumours	6	Hurthle cell adenoma	3	True positive
		Hurthle cell carcinoma	3	True positive
Papillary carcinoma	9	Papillary carcinoma	9	True positive
Suspected malignancy	3	Hashimoto thyroiditis	3	False positive