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bethesda-system-for-reporting-thyroid-cytopathology
Acronyms
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"The Bethesda system for reporting thyroid cytopathology comprises six categories of thyroid FNA reporting, with each category linked to a malignancy risk."

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"usual management: repeat US-guided thyroid FNA (which will be diagnostic in ~70% (range 60-80%) of cases)"

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"usual management: repeat US-guided thyroid FNA (which will be diagnostic in ~70% (range 60-80%) of cases)"

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"atypia of undetermined significance; specify AUS-nuclear atypia or AUS-other"

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"atypia of undetermined significance; specify AUS-nuclear atypia or AUS-other"

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"usual management: repeat US-guided FNA, molecular testing (if available), diagnostic hemithyroidectomy, or surveillance"

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"usual management: repeat US-guided FNA, molecular testing (if available), diagnostic hemithyroidectomy, or surveillance"

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"In the first two editions, category III was called atypia of undetermined significance or follicular lesion of undetermined significance (AUS/FLUS), with the two terms considered synonymous 6,7. The third (2023) edition retired "follicular lesion of undetermined significance", retaining only "atypia of undetermined significance" 3."

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"In the first two editions, category III was called atypia of undetermined significance or follicular lesion of undetermined significance (AUS/FLUS), with the two terms considered synonymous 6,7. The third (2023) edition retired "follicular lesion of undetermined significance", retaining only "atypia of undetermined significance" 3."

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"ultrasound-guided FNA of the thyroid"

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List Caps
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"McGill thyroid nodule score"

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"Bethesda criteria of hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer"

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Semicolons
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"atypia of undetermined significance; specify AUS-nuclear atypia or AUS-other"

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"follicular neoplasm; specify if oncocytic (Hürthle cell) type"

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Inline EG
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"suspicious for malignancy (e.g. papillary thyroid carcinoma, medullary thyroid carcinoma, metastatic carcinoma, lymphoma)"

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