Does a repeated benign aspirate change the risk of malignancy after an initial atypical thyroid fine-needle aspiration?

@article{Renshaw2010DoesAR,
  title={Does a repeated benign aspirate change the risk of malignancy after an initial atypical thyroid fine-needle aspiration?},
  author={Andrew A. Renshaw},
  journal={American journal of clinical pathology},
  year={2010},
  volume={134 5},
  pages={
          788-92
        }
}
  • A. Renshaw
  • Published 1 November 2010
  • Medicine
  • American journal of clinical pathology
Repeated fine-needle aspiration of the thyroid is sometimes recommended after an atypical diagnosis. However, histologic follow-up for patients with a benign second aspirate is limited. I reviewed the results of all thyroid aspirations with repeated aspirations and surgical resection for the last 13 years at Baptist Hospital, Miami, FL, and Homestead Hospital, Homestead, FL, and combined these with the results of intraoperative cytology and the literature. During the period, a total of 7,089… 
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