The incidence of PTMC has been increasing in the recent years. This study aimed to investigate the diagnostic value of US-FNA in thyroid nodules ≤1 cm and whether the presence of Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) in thyroid could influence the accuracy. The patients who accepted US-FNA at FUSCC from December 2012 to November 2015 and followed our criteria were enrolled in this study. We extracted th...

BACKGROUND The diagnostic accuracy of fine-needle aspiration (FNA) cytology for the diagnosis of tuberculous lymphadenitis (TBLN) is confounded by mimicking cytomorphologic disorders. The objective of this study was to determine whether supplementing FNA cytology with bacteriological methods improves the overall accuracy of TBLN diagnosis. METHODS Two hundred presumptive TBLN cases were inclu...

Objective None of the previous studies have investigated the interval change in ultrasonography (US) features of solid thyroid nodules (STNs) after US-guided fine-needle aspiration (US-FNA). This study aimed to assess the prevalence and characteristics of US interval changes in STNs after US-FNA. Materials and Methods This study included 257 STNs in 257 patients in whom thyroid US and initial...

Extramedullary plasmacytoma involves organs outside the bone marrow; however, involvement of the pancreas is rare. We recently experienced a case of extramedullary plasmacytoma of the pancreas that was diagnosed by endoscopic ultrasonography-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA). EUS-FNA, which has a high diagnostic accuracy and an excellent safety profile, is the modality of choice for estab...

Endoscopic ultrasound-fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) is the current primary technique for evaluating pancreatic lesions, with increasing use of fine biopsy (FNB) to obtain larger tissue sample. In this study, we aimed determine diagnostic yield FNA and FNB lesions performed at St George Hospital in a two year period from 2020 2021 inclusive. There were 92 69 performed. The was 86% 87%. This r...

The widespread use of neck ultrasonography (US) during the follow-up of patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) has led to the discovery of small cervical lymph nodes (LN). Although US has a high sensitivity for diagnosing LN, fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNA) and measurement of thyroglobulin in fine needle aspirates (FNA-Tg) have proven to be invaluable tools. The aim of this study i...

BACKGROUND The aim of this meta-analysis was to compare sensitivities and specificities of fine needle aspiration (FNA) and core needle biopsy (CNB) in the diagnosis of thyroid cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS Articles were screened in Medline, the Cochrane Library, EMBASE and Google Scholar, and subsequently included and excluded based on the patient/problem-intervention-comparison-outcome (PIC...

BACKGROUND Patients presenting with a mass require tissue biopsy for histological diagnosis and treatment. Fine needle aspiration (FNA) is offered as an atraumatic, well tolerated, and inexpensive method for obtaining a biopsy from these lesions. OBJECTIVES In this study we evaluated the accuracy of FNA as an atraumatic method among patients with nonthyroidal masses for diagnosis of neoplasti...

BACKGROUND AND AIM Extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) typically presents as biliary strictures. Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-fine needle aspiration (FNA) may contribute to the diagnosis of CCA as the etiology of extrahepatic biliary strictures. Our aim was to study the uselfulness of EUS-FNA in diagnosing CCA as the etiology of biliary strictures. PATIENTS AND METHODS In this meta-analysis,...

OBJECTIVE We aimed to assess the adequacy and efficacy of ultrasound (US)-guided fine-needle aspiration (US-FNA) for small solid thyroid nodules (SSTNs) with the largest diameter <5 mm and compared these according to nodule size. STUDY DESIGN Among 656 SSTNs in 569 patients, each SSTN was classified into 1 of 4 groups according to the largest diameter: 1 mm ≤ group A < 2 mm; 2 mm ≤ group B < ...