Utility of Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Fine Needle Aspirates

Jyoti S. Tele; Rohit S. Kadam; Atul B. Hulwan; Pawar S J; Mahendra A. Patil

Jyoti S. Tele ⁽¹⁾ , Rohit S. Kadam ⁽²⁾ , Atul B. Hulwan ⁽³⁾ , Pawar S J ⁽⁴⁾ , Mahendra A. Patil ⁽⁵⁾

(1) Department of Pathology, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Karad, Maharashtra, India, India ,

(2) Department of Pathology, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Karad, Maharashtra, India, India ,

(3) Department of Pathology, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Karad, Maharashtra, India, India ,

(4) Department of Pathology, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Karad, Maharashtra, India, India ,

(5) Department of Pathology, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Karad, Maharashtra, India, India

Issue
Vol. 11 No. (SPL 4) (2020): Volume 11 Issue (SPL 4)

Keywords:

Bethesda system, Thyroid gland, Fine needle aspirates, Palpable, Thyroid lesions, Cytopathology

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Abstract

The present study was a two year prospective study of FNAC of total 158 palpable thyroid lesions, reported according to The Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology (TBSRTC). Out of 158 cases, 36 patients underwent surgical excision and cytohistopathological correlation was done in these cases. Majority of the patients were females, with a ratio of female to male as 8.9:1. The duration of the palpable thyroid swelling in the present study ranged from less than 1 month period to more than 5 years. Size of thyroid swelling varied from as small as 1 cm to as large as 18 cm in diameter. The procedure was done by both aspiration and non-aspiration techniques and any significant difference in terms of the yield of material by either of the method, was not observed in the present study. TBSRTC is an excellent reporting system, as it showed specificity of 100 % in the present study, which helped to diagnose benign cases correctly and to avoid unnecessary surgery.