2003
DOI: 10.1590/s0100-69912003000300002
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Punção aspirativa por agulha fina em lesão nodular de tireóide

Abstract: OBJETIVO: O presente trabalho se propõe a analisar a precisão da punção aspirativa por agulha fina (PAAF) em pacientes avaliados no Departamento de Cirurgia do Hospital Universitário Walter Cantídio (HUWC), portadores de lesões nodulares da tireóide. MÉTODO: A avaliação contemplou 130 pacientes que apresentavam nódulos de tireóide clinicamente palpáveis, com indicação de tratamento cirúrgico, segundo critérios clínicos e citopatológicos. Utilizaram-se seringas descartáveis de 10ml, agulhas descartáveis 25x06, … Show more

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“…FNA is a well established diagnostic technique in the selection of patients with thyroid nodules for surgical treatment, reducing the number of unnecessary surgical procedures in cases of nonmalignant neoplasms (1,2,6) .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…FNA is a well established diagnostic technique in the selection of patients with thyroid nodules for surgical treatment, reducing the number of unnecessary surgical procedures in cases of nonmalignant neoplasms (1,2,6) .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Herein, the follicular lesion was classified along with undetermined sample. By adding data on follicular neoplasm and atypical lesion of undetermined significance, a total of 26.76% was achieved (2) . This difference in classification in various studies may be due to the difficulty in characterizing benign or malignant follicular lesion by FNA.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%