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Revista ORL
On-line version ISSN 2444-7986
Abstract
PINTO-BLAZQUEZ, Jesús and URSUA-SARMIENTO, Inmaculada. Thyroid and parathyroid gland pathology. The Bethesda System for reporting thyroid cytopathology. Rev. ORL [online]. 2020, vol.11, n.3, pp.259-264. Epub Jan 11, 2021. ISSN 2444-7986. https://dx.doi.org/10.14201/orl.21596.
Introduction and objective:
The FNA is the best method for the management of patients with thyroid nodules, as a screening method and for selecting patients who can undergo surgical treatment. The objective of this article is to make a brief description of the diagnostic categories of the Bethesda System in its second edition (2018).
Synthesis:
The Bethesda System establishes 6 diagnostic categories: No diagnostic-Unsatisfactory, Benign, Atypia od Undetermined Significance/Follicular Lesion of Undetermined Significance, Follicular Neoplasm/Suspicious for a Follicular Neoplasm, Suspicious for Malignant and Malignant.
Conclusions:
The Bethesda System allows pathologists to make systematized reports and the clinician to establish the attitude to follow according to each diagnostic category.
Keywords : Thyroid; Bethesda; PAAF.
