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Increasing diagnostic effectiveness of thyroid nodule evaluation by implementation of cell block preparation in routine US-FNA analysis

OBJECTIVE: Ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration (US-FNA) biopsy has proven to be an accurate and efficient tool in thyroid nodule evaluation. We evaluated whether cell block adds to the diagnostic accuracy of US-FNA. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Three hundred twenty-eight consecutive patients underwent...

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Autores principales: de Cristo, Ana Patrícia, Goldstein, Heloísa Folgierini, Faccin, Carlo Sasso, Maia, Ana Luiza, Graudenz, Marcia Silveira
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Endocrinologia e Metabologia 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10118724/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27533613
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/2359-3997000000180