ECE2010 Poster Presentations Thyroid (122 abstracts)
Cytologic comparison between growing and non-growing benign thyroid nodules evaluated using two different growth criteria
Mehmet Muhittin Yalcin 1 , Serkan Yener 1 , Sena Yesil 1 , Baris Akinci 1 , Firat Bayraktar 1 , Abdurrahman Comlekci 1 , Sinan Unal 1 , Aytac Gullu 2 , Sevinc Biberoglu 1 & Tulay Canda 3
1Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey; 2Department of Radiology, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey; 3Department of Pathology, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey.
Aim: Thyroid nodules are frequent in the adult population. Thyroid fine needle aspiration biopsy is the first choice for diagnosing cancer in the nodule. It is suggested that biopsy-proven benign thyroid nodules should be followed up clinically and if they grow, re-biopsy should be performed. However, certain growth criteria have not been defined yet.
Method: We retrospectively reviewed thyroid fine needle aspiration records of all patients seen in our clinic between January 2006 and June 2009. Growth follow-up of the nodules which had second thyroid fine needle aspiration biopsy were evaluated using two different growth criteria (at least 50% increase in nodule maximal diameter and at least 20% increase in nodule diameter with a minimum increase in two or more dimensions of at least two mm). Cytology results were compared using two different criteria.
Results: From a total of 4217 thyroid nodules, we evaluated the cytology results of the benign thyroid nodules which had follow up biopsies. There is no significant difference in cytological results between the growing group (n: 43) which have at least 50% increase in maximal nodule diameter and the non growing group (n: 136) (P: 1.00). Likewise, using the growth criteria of at least 20% increase in nodule diameter with a minimum increase in two or more dimensions of at least two mm, there was no significant difference in cytological results between growing (n: 47) and non growing (n: 70) benign thyroid nodules (P: 0.7).
Conclusion: According to two different growth criteria used in our study, growth of a benign nodule is not an additional risk factor for cancer.
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