Abstract:Background: The current study was undertaken to determine the validity of thyroid fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) in Duhok-Iraq to clarify its traded diagnostic errors locally and broadly. Patients and Methods: All thyroid cytologic and histologic cases referred to Duhok Pathology Centers, between January 2013 and December 2016, were enrolled in this study. Cytologic findings were compared with their corresponding final histologic results. The validity parameters of cytology were assessed and cases show… Show more
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