Does a Repeated Benign Aspirate Change the Risk of Malignancy After an Initial Atypical Thyroid Fine-Needle Aspiration?
- 1 November 2010
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in American Journal of Clinical Pathology
- Vol. 134 (5) , 788-792
- https://doi.org/10.1309/ajcpra9y2xqvfofv
Abstract
Repeated fine-needle aspiration of the thyroid is sometimes recommended after an atypical diagnosis. However, histologic follow-up for patients with a benign second aspirate is limited.Keywords
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