OBJECTIVE To assess the impact of the recommendation of the 2001 Bethesda System to report all benign-appearing endometrial cells seen in women aged > or = 40 years on the frequency with which endometrial carcinomas are potentially detected as a consequence of Pap test reports that mention endometrial cells. STUDY DESIGN We identified all women diagnosed with endometrial adenocarcinoma who al...

OBJECTIVE To correlate the Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data System (TI-RADS) and the Bethesda system in reporting cytopathology in 1,000 thyroid nodules. METHODS A retrospective study conducted from November 2011 to February 2014 that evaluated 1,000 thyroid nodules of 906 patients who underwent ultrasound exam and fine needle aspiration. RESULTS A significant association was found betwee...

BACKGROUND Cytologically indeterminate thyroid nodules represent a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. In 2007, the National Cancer Institute recommended The Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology (TBSRTC) as a means of improving the accuracy of thyroid cytopathology. Our objective was to determine the effect of TBSRTC on thyroidectomy rates and malignancy risk in cytologically i...

AIM To stratify the malignancy risks in thyroid nodules in a tertiary care referral center using the Bethesda system. METHODS From January, 2012 to December, 2014, a retrospective analysis was performed among 1188 patients (15-90 years) who had 1433 thyroid nodules and fine-needle aspiration at Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Saudi Arabia. All thyroid cyto-pathological slides and ultra s...

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Craniofacial Developmental Biology and Regeneration Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.A.; *Center for Combat Casualty and Life Sustainment Research, Department of Pathology, USUHS, Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.A.; †Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washi...

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From the Rocky Mountain Laboratory* and the Laboratory of Infectious Diseasest, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Hamilton, Montana, and Bethesda, Maryland; the Venereal Disease Control Divisiont, District of Columbia Department of Health, Washington, D.C.; and the Naval Medical Research Institute§...