Features Associated with Locoregional Spread of Papillary Carcinoma Correlate with Diagnostic Category in The Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology

摘要

IntroductionMost malignancies identified by thyroid fine needle aspiration (FNA) are papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). We set out to determine if clinically adverse features of PTC correlate with the preceding cytologic diagnosis.