Combined clinical, thyroid ultrasound and cytological features help to predict thyroid malignancy in follicular and Hϋrthle cell thyroid lesions: results from a series of 505 consecutive patients

Abstract

Twenty-five per cent of patients with a cytological result of follicular and Hupsilonrthle cell thyroid lesion had a final diagnosis of malignancy. Only atypia at cytology and spot microcalcifications at thyroid ultrasound were significantly associated with malignancy. Other clinical parameters and thyroid ultrasound patterns can be used to set up a clinical score useful for predicting the individual risk of malignancy before surgery.