Year: 2025
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Thyroid swellings are among the most common clinical presentations encountered in surgical practice. Accurate preoperative evaluation is essential to distinguish benign from malignant lesions and to plan appropriate management. Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology (FNAC) is a reliable, minimally invasive, and cost - effective diagnostic tool used as a first - line investigation in the evaluation of thyroid swellings. However, FNAC has limitations, including non - diagnostic or indeterminate results, necessitating histopathological correlation for definitive diagnosis. This study aims to assess the diagnostic accuracy of FNAC by comparing it with histopathological examination (HPE) findings in patients with clinically palpable thyroid swellings.
Authors: Jetty Sarathchandra Reddy, K Suhas
Language: English
Subfield: Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4411095250