Malignancy risk and reproducibility associated with atypia of undetermined significance on thyroid cytology
Mathur A, Najafian A, Schneider E, Zeiger M, Olson M. Malignancy risk and reproducibility associated with atypia of undetermined significance on thyroid cytology. Surgery 2014, 156: 1471-1476. PMID: 25218896, DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2014.08.026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMalignancy riskUndetermined significanceAvailable surgical pathologyDiagnosis of AUSTertiary care centerFocal nuclear atypiaFine-needle aspiration specimensHürthle cell neoplasmsOutside diagnosisMalignancy rateCare centerCell neoplasmsMorphologic predictorsHigh riskNuclear atypiaSurgical pathologyBethesda SystemAUS subcategoriesAspiration specimensGreater riskThyroid CytopathologyThyroid cytologyAtypiaDiagnosisAUS