Radial Basis Function Artificial Neural Network for the Investigation of Thyroid Cytological Lesions

Table 1

Cases used in the study grouped as benign or malignant according to the histological diagnosis (rows). In the columns, the cytological results are indicated.

Histology	Colloid	Follicular cells	Follicular neoplasm	Histiocytes	Lymphocytes	Oxyphilic cells	Anaplastic Ca	Follicular Ca	Medullary Ca	Papillary Ca	Total
Benign	26	236	4	6	7	9					288
Adenomatous nodule	2	22									24
Follicular adenoma	1		4								5
Goiter	20	159		3		4					186
Hashimoto thyroiditis		13			7	4					24
Nodular hyperplasia		3									3
Nodular hyperplasia-hyperplastic nodule		37									37
Oxyphilic adenoma	2			1		1					4
Thyroiditis-nonspecific	1	2		2							5
Malignant		3		5	2		3	10	20	116	159
Anaplastic Ca							3				3
Follicular Ca								10			10
Medullary Ca									20		20
Papillary Ca		3		5	2					116	126
Total	26	239	4	11	9	9	3	10	20	116	447

Ca, carcinoma.