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Table 3 Patients classified as Thy 2 on initial cytology who had underlying thyroid malignancy

From: Is repeat fine needle aspiration required in thyroid nodules with initial benign cytology? Results from a large Irish series

Patient

Gender

Age (years)

TUS findings

Repeat Thy classification

Reason for repeat FNAB/ surgery

Final histology and staging

1

Male

40

5 cm solid nodule

-

Clinical discretion

PTC

2

Female

46

2.5 cm cystic nodule

3a

Increase in nodule size of cold nodule from 2.5 to 4.5 cm in 10 months

Multifocal PTC; pT3NxMx

3

Female

50

1.5 cm solid nodule

3a

Increase in nodule size from 1.5 to 2 cm in 6 months

Incidental PMTC; pT1aNxMx;

4

Female

46

4 cm U4 nodule

3f

Suspicious TUS findings

Incidental 2 mm PMTC

5

Female

66

3.5 cm solid nodule

3f

Increase in size from 3.5 to 4 cm in 6 months on a background history of breast cancer

Hurthle cell carcinoma

6

Female

20

3 cm nodule

3f

Suspicious TUS findings

Multifocal PTC; pT2NxMx; 25 mm

7

Female

39

1.4 cm complex nodule

4

Clinical discretion

Multifocal cystic PTC; pT1NxMx

  1. CT Computed tomography, TUS Thyroid ultrasound, PTC Papillary thyroid cancer, PMTC Papillary thyroid microcarcinoma, TNM staging Tumour node metastasis staging