June 2014 Vol. 2 No. 6

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Original Research Article

The evaluation of 1130 fine-needle aspiration biopsy results from the thyroid glands

Bozkurt Gulek*¹, Omer Kaya², Gokhan Soker², Mehmet Sirik³, Kaan Esen⁴, Adem Togal², Cengiz Yilmaz², Yasemin Oksuzler², Mehmet Ali Akın² and Okan Dilek²
 

¹Namik Kemal University Department of Radiology, Tekirdag, Turkey
²Numune Teaching and Research Hospital Department of Radiology, Adana, Turkey
³Adiyaman University Department of Radiology, Adiyaman, Turkey
⁴Mersin University Department of Radiology, Mersin, Turkey

*Corresponding Author's E-mail: bozkurtgulek@yahoo.com; Tel: +90-533-435-4686

Accepted June 17, 2014
 

Abstract

Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy (FNAB) is the most-widely used procedure for the pathological diagnosis of nodules of the thyroid gland. FNAB is a very practical and cheap means of understanding the nature of these nodules to help the clinician in the therapy process, whether it be medical or surgical. During this study, 1130 nodules located at the thyroid glands of 899 patients were biopsied by means of FNAB, and their pathological results were evaluated. The data which came out from this study possesses valuable clues to the understanding of the nature of these nodules, and is being presented in this article.

Keywords: Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy (FNAB), Fine-Needle Aspiration Cytology (FNAC), thyroid, nodule, diagnosis