Fine-needle aspiration is a low-cost diagnostic tool, the principal value of which is to
determine which patients should undergo surgery. The technique is deceptively simple …

Fine-needle aspiration biopsy of palpable lesions of the thyroid is a diagnostic method
routinely used in several medical centres, but still relatively new in others. Experience has …

Fine needle aspiration of the thyroid is suggested as an initial diagnostic procedure in the
evaluation of thyroid nodules. Some proponents of the procedure, however, believe that fine …

Fine-needle aspiration (FNA) is a safe, rapid, and accurate diagnostic tool. Although it
continues to gain acceptance, the pace is slow. Probably, if more pathologists master the …

Fine-needle aspiration of the thyroid is a relatively low-cost procedure that can provide an
accurate diagnosis rapidly. Success of fine-needle aspiration requires an adequate sample …

• A series of 960 fine-needle aspiration biopsies of thyroid lesions are reported. The primary
indication is the presence of a solitary thyroid mass. Aspiration biopsy is accomplished using …

The results of a five-year experience with fine-needle thyroid aspiration cytology are
reported to assess the value, accuracy and limitations of this biopsy procedure. The …

This report describes our 5‐year experience with fine‐needle aspiration (FNA) biopsy of the
thyroid in a 560‐bed teaching hospital. Three hundred nine FNA biopsies were performed …

Fine-needle aspiration cytology of the thyroid gland is a low-cost office procedure which
even in children does not require regional anaesthesia. The method is safe, without …

From 1982 to 1987, 2,433 lesions of the thyroid gland in 1,796 patients were examined by
fine needle aspiration (FNA). Cytopathology classified 66.91% of the aspirates as benign …