Correlation of Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology and Histopathology in Thyroid Nodules: A Six‐Year Study at a Tertiary Public Laboratory in the Western Cape Province, South Africa
The rate of non-diagnostic FNACs was higher than published estimates, suggesting the need for provider-training on ultrasound-guided FNAC, with rapid on-site evaluation for specimen adequacy. There is a need to explore the factors that impact FNAC test performance in our setting.
Authors
- Raymond Chimatira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2999-7655)
- Brendon Price (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8894-6666)
Institutions
- National Health Laboratory Service (ZA)
- University of Cape Town (ZA)
- Groote Schuur Hospital (ZA)
- University of the Western Cape (ZA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Diagnostic Cytopathology
- Published
- 2026-02-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/dc.70096
- Primary Topic
- Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00