Indeterminate diagnoses are rendered on 15%-30% of thyroid fine-needle aspirates (FNA). Thus, a second diagnostic opinion given by an outside expert pathologist is a common practice that facilitates a more appropriate clinical management. Conversely, the role of an intra-institutional second opinion diagnosis (iSOD), which is usually informally performed in-house, has not been well established.
Intra-institutional second opinion diagnosis can reduce unnecessary surgery for indeterminate thyroid FNA: A preliminary report on 34 cases / Bellevicine, Claudio; Migliatico, Ilaria; Vigliar, Elena; Serra, N; Troncone, Giancarlo. - In: CYTOPATHOLOGY. - ISSN 0956-5507. - (2017). [10.1111/cyt.12431]
Intra-institutional second opinion diagnosis can reduce unnecessary surgery for indeterminate thyroid FNA: A preliminary report on 34 cases
BELLEVICINE, CLAUDIO;Migliatico, Ilaria;VIGLIAR, ELENA;TRONCONE, GIANCARLO
2017
Abstract
Indeterminate diagnoses are rendered on 15%-30% of thyroid fine-needle aspirates (FNA). Thus, a second diagnostic opinion given by an outside expert pathologist is a common practice that facilitates a more appropriate clinical management. Conversely, the role of an intra-institutional second opinion diagnosis (iSOD), which is usually informally performed in-house, has not been well established.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.