Fine needle aspiration cytology in the management of thyroid enlargement: Ibadan experience

Authors
Thomas, JO Adeyi, OA Nwachokor, FN Olu-Eddo, AO
Citation
Jo. Thomas et al., Fine needle aspiration cytology in the management of thyroid enlargement: Ibadan experience, E AFR MED J, 75(11), 1998, pp. 657-659
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
General & Internal Medicine
Journal title
EAST AFRICAN MEDICAL JOURNAL
ISSN journal
0012835X → ACNP
Volume
75
Issue
11
Year of publication
1998
Pages
657 - 659
Database
ISI
SICI code
0012-835X(199811)75:11<657:FNACIT>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
This report reviews our experience with fine needle aspiration (FNA) cytolo gy in the assessment of thyroid enlargement in Ibadan between January 1995 and December 1997. The diagnostic accuracy of the procedure for malignancy was 80.6% with a sensitivity and specificity 83% and 80% respectively in th is series. FNAC of thyroid enlargement is now a first line investigative pr ocedure for thyroid enlargements in the University College Hospital, Ibadan .