The New System for Reporting Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsies of the Thyroid Gland: Bethesda 2010
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Čes.-slov. Patol., 47, 2011, No. 1, p. 8-14
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Reviews Article
Overview
The newly published Bethesda system for reporting thyroid cytopathology represents an important contribution to the international standardisation of cytodiagnostic reports. The article provides translation of the diagnostic categories into Czech terminology, discuses briefly the explanatory notes in context with the postgraduate teaching and national terminology used. The involvement of the system as a national standard is recommended.
Key words:
fine needle aspiration biopsy – thyroid gland – standardization – The Bethesda system
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