A study to correlate the cytological features with histopathological study of all surgically removed thyroid lesions

Abstract

Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology (FNAC) study of thyroid lesions along with clinical
evaluation is emphasized in order to aid towards accurate diagnosis. A uniform
reporting system for thyroid FNA will facilitate effective communication among
cytopathologists, endocrinologists, surgeons, radiologists, and other health care
providers. Also, it will facilitate cytologic-histologic correlation for thyroid diseases,
facilitate research into the epidemiology, molecular biology, pathology and diagnosis of
thyroid diseases, particularly neoplasia and allow easy and reliable sharing of data from
different laboratories for national and international collaborative studies. The present
study aims at diagnosing various thyroid diseases based upon cytomorphological
features in FNAC with its histopathological correlation, which is the gold standard.