Clinicians have become reliant on fine-needle aspiration (FNA) cytology in the diagnosis of thyroid nodules. We encountered several patients who had thyroid cancer at operation despite having had ...

However, a previous ultrasound may aid the physician performing the aspiration. When TSH is suppressed or the patient is thyrotoxic, a nuclear scan maybe indicated before FNA. However, the result ...

Fine-needle aspiration biopsy of the thyroid nodule is a procedure in which a small sample of cells is obtained from a thyroid nodule with the aid of a thin needle under ultrasound guidance.

However, a computed lipid-laden macrophage index ≥175 is a rapid and specific test that may be helpful in diagnosing aspiration in chronic lung disease.