In suspicious for malignancy thyroid nodule aspirates, nuclei characteristics deserves special attention in reported cytology analysis – real world scenario cohort

The presence of micronucleoli and nuclear irregularity was highly predictive of malignancy according to suspicious for malignancy cytology and were not present in false positive patients. Hence, careful examination of nuclear characteristics can be helpful for identifying true malignancies via suspicious for malignancy cytology. This was significant even when only a qualitative analysis was taken into account.