Operative indications of follicular type tumors, based on Japanese clinical guidelines

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World J Surg Proced. Nov 28, 2013; 3(3): 41-46
Published online Nov 28, 2013. doi: 10.5412/wjsp.v3.i3.41

Table 1 Final pathological diagnosis of follicular type tumor that was suspected malignancy by preoperative examinations

Pathological diagnosis	Cases	Tumor size (mm)
Malignant lesion
Papillary carcinoma	7	5-30
Follicular carcinoma	3	40-54
Malignant lymphoma	1	45
Benign lesion
Follicular adenoma	16	33-80
Adenomatous goiter	9	43-170

Table 2 True positive, true negative, and accuracy rates of preoperative examinations, based on the final pathological diagnosis of follicular tumors

	US	Tl-Tc scinitigram	CT	FNA
True positive: TP (malignant)	2 (18.2)	9 (81.8)	2 (18.2)	6 (54.5)
True negative: TN (benign)	15 (40.0)	7 (28.0)	22 (88.0)	15 (60.0)
TP + TN (accuracy)	17 (47.2)	16 (44.2)	24 (66.7)	21 (58.3)

US: Ultrasound; Tl-Tc: Thallium-technecium, scinitigram; CT: Computed tomography; FNA: Fine needle aspiration biopsy; TN: True negative ratio; TP: True positive ratio.

Citation: Takeyama H, Tabei I, Kato K, Kamio M, Nogi H, Toriumi Y, Kinoshita S, Akiba T, Uchida K, Morikawa T. Operative indications of follicular type tumors, based on Japanese clinical guidelines. World J Surg Proced 2013; 3(3): 41-46
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