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Patients with solitary TNs detected through ultrasonography (USG) were included. All patients underwent USG, USE and FNAC. Quantitative data were presented as mean, while qualitative data were expressed as frequencies and percentages. The diagnostic accuracy, sensitivity and specificity were calculated. A Chi-square test was used to assess the relationship between different methods used for diagnosis.\n P<\/jats:italic>\n <0.05 was considered statistically significant.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results:<\/jats:title>\n \n A total of 33 patients, 84.8% female, mean age of 49.4 \u00b1 19.6 years, were included. Histological evaluation revealed 39.4% of the lesions were malignant with a predominance of papillary carcinoma (61.5%), while 60.6% were benign. Among the benign lesions, majority were identified as colloid nodules (70.0%). Diagnostic efficacy of thyroid imaging reporting and data system (TI-RADS) was 78% and there was a significant correlation between TI-RADS classification and cytological findings (\n P<\/jats:italic>\n = 0.00025). USE showed a sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value of 80.0%, 92.3%, 94.1% and 75.0%, respectively. 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