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Techniques of Thyroid Fine-Needle Aspiration

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Thyroid nodules are common, approximately 2–22% of biopsied and resected thyroid nodules are malignant, and only a small percentage of them exhibit aggressive behavior. Fine-needle aspiration (FNA) is a standard test to determine proper management. The high-quality FNA samples obtained by technically skilled operators should be representative of the lesion for further interpretation. This chapter will emphasize on thyroid FNA techniques and pre-/post-management in detail, as well as the issues related to specimen adequacy.

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  1. Department of Ultrasound, Jiangyuan Hospital Affiliated to Jiangsu Institute of Nuclear Medicine, (Key Laboratory of Nuclear Medicine, Ministry of Health/Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Nuclear Medicine), Wuxi, China

    Hongxun Wu

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Wu, H. (2019). Techniques of Thyroid Fine-Needle Aspiration. In: Kakudo, K. (eds) Thyroid FNA Cytology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1897-9_64

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