The Role of Ultrasound Guided Core Needle Biopsy in Thyroid Nodule

갑상선 결절에서 초음파 유도하 중심생검의 역할

  • Ryu, Yoon-Jong (Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine) ;
  • Ahn, Soon-Hyun (Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine)
  • 유윤종 (서울대학교 의과대학 분당서울대학교병원 이비인후과학교실) ;
  • 안순현 (서울대학교 의과대학 분당서울대학교병원 이비인후과학교실)
  • Received : 2015.03.08
  • Accepted : 2015.04.29
  • Published : 2015.05.30

Abstract

Fine needle aspiration cytology(FNAC) holds a main role in assessing thyroid nodules. But nonnegligible rate of thyroid cytology is reported as uncertain, indeterminate or inadequate for diagnosis. Recently, the microhistologic evaluation by core needle biopsy(CNB) under ultrasound sonographical guidance has been reported to show high accuracy for the diagnose of thyroid nodules. Aim of this review was to furnish the state of the art of this topic by summarizing previous published data about indication, diagnostic performance, and complication of CNB in thyroid lesions compared with FNAC

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