Rates of Malignancy by The Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology Category 3 and Category 4 Thyroid Nodules

Year 2023, Volume: 2 Issue: 3, 143 - 145, 25.09.2023

Mehmet Üstün , Değercan Yeşilyurt , Cem Karaali , Can Karaca , Sümeyye Ekmekci , Göksever Akpınar , Cengiz Aydın

https://doi.org/10.57221/izmirtip.1264252

Abstract

Aim: The Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology (TBSRTC) is employed to evaluate the cytopathology of thyroid nodules. The nodules reported as categories 3 and 4 constitute risk of malignancy at varying rates. This study aims to document the amount of actual malignancy rates in TBSRTC category 3 and 4 thyroid nodules.

Materials and Methods: Patients having thyroid nodules with reported Bethesda category 3 and category 4 results on fine needle aspiration biopsy who subsequently underwent thyroidectomy between January 2013 and December 2018 were retrospectively analyzed.

Results: Seventy-two patients and 72 nodules were included in our study. The Bethesda category 3 group consisted of 40 patients and 40 nodules. The histopathologic result was reported as benign in 23 (57,5%) patients and malignant in 17 (42,5%) patients. The Bethesda category 4 group covered the remaining 32 patients and 32 nodules. Histopathologic results were reported as benign in 12 patients (37,5%) and malignant in 20 patients (62,5%).

Conclusion: Bethesda category 3 and 4 nodules bear varying rates of malignancy risk, and this rate increases with the presence of additional incidentally detected malignancies.

Keywords

Bethesda, troid nodule, malignancy

Tiroid Sitopatolojisini Raporlamak için Bethesda Sistemi'ne Göre Kategori 3 ve Kategori 4 Tiroid Nodüllerinin Malignite Oranları

Abstract

Amaç: Tiroid nodüllerinin sitopatolojisini değerlendirmek için kullanılan Tiroid Sitopatoloji Raporlaması için Bethesda Systemi’ne (TSRBS) gore kategori 3 ve kategori 4 olarak raporlanan nodüller değişik oranlarda malignite riskleri taşır. Bu çalışmanın amacı TSRBS kategori 3 ve 4 tiroid nodüllerinde malignite oranlarını saptayıp değerlendirmektir.
Gereç veYöntemler: Ocak 2013- Aralık 2018 tarihleri arasında ince iğne aspirasyon sonuçları Bethesda kategori 3 ve kategori 4 olan, sonrasında tiroidektomi uygulanan hastalar retrospektif olarak değerlendirildi.
Bulgular: Çalışmamıza 72 hasta, 72 nodül dahil edildi. Bethesda kategori 3 grubunda 40 hasta,-40 nodül mevcuttu. Histopatoloji sonucu 23 (%57,5) hastada benign, 17 (%42,5) hastada malign olarak raporlandı. Bethesda kategori 4 grubunda 32 hasta-32 nodül mevcuttu. Histopatoloji sonucu 12 hastada (%37,5) benign, 20 hastada (% 62,5) malign olarak raporlandı.
Sonuç: Bethesda kategori 3 ve 4 nodülleri değişik oranlarda malignite riski taşır ve insidental olarak saptanan maligniteler ile de bu oran artar.

Keywords

Bethesda, tiroid nodülü, malignite

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