Preoperative Assessment of Multinodular Goiter- A Relationship between Histopathological Diagnosis and Imaging Methods.

Introduction Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology (FNAC) is a safe, quick, and inexpensive diagnostic method used for evaluating thyroid nodules and determining surgical indications. The Bethesda system is improved to standardize and enhance thyroid cytology reports. There are six categories: nondiagnostic or unsatisfactory, benign, atypia of undetermined significance or follicular lesion of undetermined significance, follicular neoplasm or suspicious for a follicular neoplasm, suspicious for malignancy, and malign.