FINE-NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY WITH SUBSEQUENT LIQUID-BASED CYTOLOGY IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF NODULAR GOITER: ANALYSIS OF CYTOLOGICAL AND HISTOLOGICAL RESULTS
We have analyzed the results of 885 fine-needle aspiration biopsies (FNABs) performed in Medgard LLC (Samara, Russian Federation) in 2019.The specimens obtained by FNAB were evaluated using liquid-based cytology (LBC) and classified according to the Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology, 2017 (TBSRTC, 2017).Only 2.5% of specimens were