Article citationsMore >>

Sengul, D., Sengul, I., Van Slycke, S. “Risk stratification of the thyroid nodule with Bethesda indeterminate cytology, category III, IV, V on the one surgeon-performed US-guided fine-needle aspiration with 27-gauge needle, verified by histopathology of thyroidectomy: the additional value of one surgeon-performed elastography.” Acta Chir Belg, 119(1): 38-46. Feb 2019.

has been cited by the following article:

Article

Reassessing Combining Real-time Elastography with Fine-needle Aspiration Biopsy to Identify Malignant Thyroid Nodules

1Department of Pathology, Giresun University Faculty of Medicine, 28100 Giresun, Turkey

2Division of Endocrine Surgery, Giresun University Faculty of Medicine, 28100 Giresun, Turkey

3Department of General Surgery, Giresun University Faculty of Medicine, 28100 Giresun, Turkey


American Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2021, Vol. 9 No. 11, 552-553
DOI: 10.12691/ajmcr-9-11-9
Copyright © 2021 Science and Education Publishing

Cite this paper:
Demet Sengul, Ilker Sengul. Reassessing Combining Real-time Elastography with Fine-needle Aspiration Biopsy to Identify Malignant Thyroid Nodules. American Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2021; 9(11):552-553. doi: 10.12691/ajmcr-9-11-9.

Correspondence to: Demet  Sengul, Department of Pathology, Giresun University Faculty of Medicine, 28100 Giresun, Turkey. Email: demet.sengul.52@gmail.com

Abstract

Debate is still ongoing in the thyroid gland with indeterminate cytology w/wo suspicious clinics and sonographic features, besides their size selection criteria, in Endocrine Pathology, Endocrine Surgery, and Thyroidology, till today. Real-time elastography (RTE) still have been utilized for this purpose though it remains a controversial determinant. We postulate that the so-called RTE diagnostic tool selectively is enriched by considering nondiagnostic, Category I, and indeterminate cytology, Category III, IV, and V, of The Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology, TBSRTC, 2nd ed., individually and separately, regarding noninvasive follicular thyroid neoplasm with papillary-like nuclear features, NIFTP, all of which a wide range of implied risk of malignancies.

Keywords