The Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology Definitions, Criteria and Explanatory Notes /

Thyroid fine needle aspiration is one of the most commonly performed cytologic procedures and is the standard diagnostic method for managing the patient with a thyroid nodule. Until now, there has been no uniform system for reporting the results of thyroid fine needle aspiration (FNA) in the U.S. Th...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Ali, Syed Z. (Editor), Cibas, Edmund S. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2010.
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • Overview of Diagnostic Terminology and Reporting
  • Nondiagnostic/Unsatisfactory
  • Benign
  • Atypia of Undetermined Significance/Follicular Lesion of Undetermined Significance
  • Follicular Neoplasm/Suspicious for a Follicular Neoplasm
  • Follicular Neoplasm, Hürthle Cell Type/Suspicious for a Follicular Neoplasm, Hürthle Cell Type
  • Suspicious for Malignancy
  • Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma and Variants
  • Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma
  • Poorly Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma
  • Undifferentiated (Anaplastic) Carcinoma and Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Thyroid
  • Metastatic Tumors and Lymphomas.