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Since FNAC results are usually operator dependent, there is a compelling need to explore FNAC accuracy among Omanis.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>OBJECTIVE:<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Describe cytological features of FNAC and assess FNAC accuracy compared to the postsurgical histopathology report.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>DESIGN:<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Retrospective diagnostic accuracy study<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>SETTING:<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Tertiary care center.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>PATIENTS AND METHODS:<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Our study included adult Omani adult patients with thyroid nodules who underwent FNAC from 2014 to 2017 and had final pathology results for patients who underwent thyroid surgery. The results were classified according to the UK Royal college of Pathologists \u2018Thy\u2019 categories. Accuracy of FNAC was calculated by determining false and true positive and negative results based on histopathology findings.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>FNAC accuracy (sensitivity and specificity) compared to the postsurgical histopathology.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>SAMPLE SIZE:<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>867 patients with 1359 ultrasound guided FNACs of thyroid nodule; 137 underwent surgery.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>RESULTS:<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>The mean age of the 867 patients was 43.7 (13.3) years, with a median of 42 years, and 87.8% were females. Out of 1359 FNACs, 1001 (73.7%) were benign (Thy2), 119 (8.8%) were atypia of undetermined significance or follicular lesion of undetermined significance (Thy3a), 31 (2.3%) were follicular neoplasm or suspicious for a follicular neoplasm (Thy3f), 52 (3.8%) were suspicious for malignancy (Thy4), 55 (4%) were malignant (Thy5), 101 (7.4%) as Unsatisfactory (Thy1). Only 137 patients underwent thyroid surgery, and the FNAC reports were compared with their final histopathology reports. The sensitivity, specificity and total accuracy of FNAC were 80.2%, 98.9% and 89.9%, respectively. The positive and negative predictive values of FNAC were 98.6% and 84.3%, respectively.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>CONCLUSION:<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Our study findings confirmed that FNAC of the thyroid is a sensitive, specific, and accurate initial tool for the diagnosis of thyroid lesions. Most of the FNACs were benign with a very low malignancy rate. Due to the minimal chance of false negative results and the slow-growing nature of thyroid malignancy, it is important that patients with benign FNAC should have periodic clinical and radiological follow-up.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>LIMITATIONS:<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Retrospective design and single-center study, and thyroid nodule size unavailable.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>CONFLICT OF INTEREST:<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>None.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.5144\/0256-4947.2022.246","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,8,7]],"date-time":"2022-08-07T10:38:07Z","timestamp":1659868687000},"page":"246-251","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":13,"title":["Features and diagnostic accuracy of fine needle aspiration cytology of thyroid nodules: retrospective study from Oman"],"prefix":"10.5144","volume":"42","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7565-8809","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Rafie","family":"Alhassan","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"From the Department of Endocrine, The Royal Hospital, Seeb, Oman"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Noor","family":"Al Busaidi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"From the Department of Endocrine, The Royal Hospital, Seeb, Oman"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Abdul Hakeem","family":"Al Rawahi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"From the Department of Research, Oman Medical Specialty Board, Azaiba, Oman"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Hilal","family":"Al Musalhi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"From the Department of Endocrine, The Royal Hospital, Seeb, Oman"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ali","family":"Al Muqbali","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"From the Department of Endocrine, The Royal Hospital, Seeb, Oman"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Prakash","family":"Shanmugam","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"From the Department of Endocrine, The Royal Hospital, Seeb, Oman"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Fatma Ali","family":"Ramadhan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"From the Department of Histopathology, The Royal Hospital, Seeb, Oman"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"3134","reference":[{"key":"e_1_3_1_2_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1056\/NEJM-cp031436"},{"key":"e_1_3_1_3_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Perros P Boelaert K Colley S Evans C Evans RM Gerrard Ba G et al; British Thyroid Association. 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