Clinicopathological characteristics of patients with indeterminate fine needle aspiration biopsy diagnoses
| Characteristic | Diagnosis; no (%) [range] | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Follicular neoplasm | Hürthle cell neoplasm | Suspicious papillary neoplasm | |
| Age, yr | |||
| < 45 | 106 (42.1) | 20 (42.6) | 23 (52.3) |
| ≥ 45 | 146 (57.9) | 27 (57.4) | 21 (44.7) |
| Sex | |||
| Female | 210 (83.3) | 37 (78.7) | 33 (75.0) |
| Male | 42 (16.7) | 10 (21.3) | 11 (25.0) |
| Side of lesion | |||
| Left | 112 (44.4) | 21 (44.7) | 22 (50.0) |
| Right | 118 (46.8) | 24 (51.1) | 17 (38.6) |
| Both | 2 (0.8) | 0 (0) | 2 (4.5) |
| Isthmus | 7 (2.8) | 1 (2.1) | 2 (4.5) |
| Unavailable | 13 (5.2) | 1 (2.1) | 1 (2.3) |
| Size of lesion, cm | 2.85 [0.05–9.0] | 2.10 [0.04–7.0] | 2.25 [0.10–8.0] |
| Gland nodularity | |||
| Uninodular | 149 (59.1) | 32 (68.1) | 24 (54.5) |
| Multinodular | 96 (38.1) | 14 (37.8) | 18 (40.9) |
| Unavailable | 7 (2.8) | 1 (2.1) | 2 (4.5) |
| Location of lesion | |||
| Superior | 37 (14.7) | 5 (10.6) | 8 (18.2) |
| Middle | 34 (13.5) | 7 (14.9) | 10 (22.7) |
| Inferior | 72 (28.6) | 13 (27.7) | 13 (29.5) |
| Isthmus | 7 (2.8) | 2 (4.3) | 0 (0) |
| Entire lobe | 77 (30.6) | 14 (29.8) | 11 (25.0) |
| Unavailable | 25 (9.9) | 6 (12.8) | 2 (4.5) |