Diagnostic accuracy of fine needle aspiration of thyroid nodule versus biopsy in thyroid lesions.

FNA biopsy of thyroid is a rapid, minimally invasive, and cost effective first line procedure in the evaluation of thyroid nodule. This study was conducted to evaluate the cytological accuracy, sensitivity and specificity of fine needle aspiration (FNA) of solitary thyroid nodules in correlation with post-surgical histological findings.This retrospective study was carried out at Department of Pathology, Abbottabad International Medical College,...