Nuclear Morphometry for the Differentiation of Benign or Malignant Lesions with the Diagnosis of Aypia of Undetermined Significance/Follicular Lesion of Undetermined Significance in Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy
ANALYTICAL AND QUANTITATIVE CYTOPATHOLOGY AND HISTOPATHOLOGY, cilt.38, sa.5, ss.288-294, 2016 (SCI-Expanded)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 38 Sayı: 5
- Basım Tarihi: 2016
- Dergi Adı: ANALYTICAL AND QUANTITATIVE CYTOPATHOLOGY AND HISTOPATHOLOGY
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.288-294
- Anahtar Kelimeler: biopsy, fine-needle; cell nuclear size; cell nuclear volume; cytodiagnosis; fine-needle aspiration; thyroid cancer, thyroid neoplasms; thyroid nodule, PROGNOSTIC VALUE, CARCINOMA, NEOPLASMS
- Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether nuclear morphometric analysis could be used as an additional tool to determine the malignancy risk in cases of atypia of undetermined significance / follicular lesion of undetermined significance, thereby helping to prevent unnecessary surgery in this group of patients.