Role of Multiparameter Analysis of AgNORs in FNA Smears of Thyroid Swellings in Differentiating Benign and Malignant Lesions

Table 5

Correlation between FNAC and histopathology diagnosis (𝑛=61).

		Histopathology diagnosis		Total
		Benign (𝑛=55)	Malignant (𝑛=6)
FNAC diagnosis	Benign	50	2	52
	(𝑛=52)	(90.9) (96.2)	(33.3) (3.8)	(85.2) (100.0)
	Malignant	5	4	9
	(𝑛=09)	(9.1) (55.6)	(66.7) (44.4)	(14.8) (100.0)
Total		55	6	61
		(100.0) (90.2)	(100.0) (9.8)	(100.0) (100.0)

Figures in parentheses indicate percentages within columns and rows, respectively.
Chi-square test statistics: 𝜒² =14.259, 𝑃=0.0002. Highly significant (𝑃<0.001).
Suspicious cases are considered as positive findings according to other authors [24, 25].