Fine needle aspiration in the management of benign thyroid cysts

Abstract

The present study suggests consideration of early surgery for patients with thyroid cysts with absence of follicular cells on initial cytology.

A Comparative Study of Fine Needle Aspiration and Fine Needle Non-Aspiration Biopsy on Suspected Thyroid Nodules

“…Considerable data assessing the overall usefulness of the FNA biopsy have been reported during the past few years [1,[7][8][9][10][11][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]. However, only few studies on comparison between FNA and FNNA technique in evaluating thyroid nodules have been published [25][26][27] and, as yet, there is no agreement on which method produces better specimens for cytological diagnosis.…”

Cystic versus predominantly cystic thyroid nodules: efficacy of ethanol ablation and analysis of related factors

“…Simple aspiration of the cystic portion is the initial treatment of choice, both for diagnosis and for reducing cyst volume. Collapse of thyroid cysts after simple aspiration have been reported; however, recurrence rates are as high as 80%, depending on the initial volume and internal contents of the nodule, and the number of aspirations [1,[4][5][6][7]. For recurrent cases after aspiration, ethanol ablation (EA) has been attempted and achieved good results [2,[8][9][10].…”

Management of cystic or predominantly cystic thyroid nodules: role of simple aspiration of internal fluid

“…EA and RFA have been introduced as effective treatment modalities for cystic thyroid nodules (14,15); however, simple aspiration has been suggested as a first-line procedure because it is easy and inexpensive. In previous studies, simple aspiration has been shown to decrease the cystic thyroid nodule size in 8-45% of the cases (4,5,9,11,(16)(17)(18), and complete aspiration of the internal fluid may yield a higher rate of successful resolution of the cystic component (4).…”

“…Thyroid nodules represent a common problem in adults, and ultrasound (US) examination shows that 15-25% of solitary thyroid nodules are cystic or predominantly cystic (1)(2)(3)(4)(5). In cystic thyroid nodules (cystic component 450%), some patients require treatment for cosmetic reasons and symptoms (6,7).…”

“…In cystic thyroid nodules (cystic component 450%), some patients require treatment for cosmetic reasons and symptoms (6,7). Several procedures, such as simple aspiration, ethanol ablation (EA), and radiofrequency ablation (RFA), have been used for such patients (4,5,(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13). EA and RFA have been introduced as effective treatment modalities for cystic thyroid nodules (14,15); however, simple aspiration has been suggested as a first-line procedure because it is easy and inexpensive.…”