Does a higher American College of Radiology Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data System (ACR TI‐RADS) score forecast an increased risk of malignancy? A correlation study of ACR TI‐RADS with FNA cytology in the evaluation of thyroid nodules

Abstract

Although there were no TR2 or TR3 malignant (Bethesda category VI) diagnoses, and there were only a few malignancies in the TR4 and TR5 categories, the current results reassert the notion that the ACR TI-RADS scoring system shows at least some correlation between benign or malignant cytology diagnoses, as illustrated by the greater number of malignant cases in the higher ACR TI-RADS categories.