Can fine-needle aspiration biopsy of thyroid nodule help in determining the extent of surgery in follicular and XXXX at a community teaching institution?

@entity1 @entity1544 @entity400 @entity5
@entity400 ( @entity400 ) was used to evaluate cold thyroid nodules in 179 @entity1 treated between 1990 and 1998. The purpose of this study was to see whether @entity400 findings of follicular or Hurthle cells could help in planning the extent of thyroid surgery. Group I @entity1 (47) had findings suggestive of follicular or @entity1544 . Group II @entity1 (132) had inconclusive results. In group I @entity400 was 100 per cent correct in diagnosing follicular or @entity1544 with a high percentage of malignant findings ( @entity5 85 per cent and benign adenoma 15 per cent). In Group II @entity5 was found in 16 per cent and benign pathology in 84 per cent. @entity1 were more likely to have @entity5 than @entity1 . The average age was over 50 years in @entity1 with either malignant or benign nodules. In addition there was no significant difference in average size of benign or malignant nodules (2.9 vs 2.6 cm respectively). When an @entity400 finding was suggestive of @entity5 was found in 85 per cent. On the other hand when an @entity400 was inconclusive @entity5 was present in 16 per cent. Thus we conclude that using @entity400 finding can guide surgical resection and recommend performing total or subtotal thyroidectomy when @entity400 is suggestive of @entity5 and lobectomy when @entity400 is inconclusive.
