The change in the trend of thyroid cytopathology- A retrospective observational study


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Original Article

Author :

S. Priya Banthavi, R. Suganya

Volume :

3

Issue :

1

Abstract :

Thyroid disorders have become increasingly common over the past few years. The present study aims at comparing the cytomorphological features of the thyroid aspirates obtained from patients attending a rural tertiary care teaching hospital with thyroid enlargement in two different years i.e. 2009 and 2015 and evaluating the change in trend of the presenting thyroid pathology.

Keyword :

 Fine-needle aspiration (FNA), The Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology (TBSRTC).