Table 10. Papillarization seen on cytological smears in various thyroid disorders
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CLOSE
Type of papillary fragments
1
No. of patients
No. of patients with papillarization
% of patients with papillarization
"Benign type"
No. - (%)
"Malignant type"
No. - (%)
Indeterminate No. - (%)
Hyperplastic nodules
7914
2333
29
2180 - (
93
)
2 - (< 1)
151 - (7)
Follicular adenoma
902
93
10
69 - (74)
1 - (1)
23 - (25)
Graves' disease
688
26
4
13 - (50)
4 - (
15
)
9 - (35)
L
ymphocytic thyroiditis
1903
19
1
10 - (53)
7 - (
37
)
2 - (11)
Papillary cancer
103
99
96
1 - (1)
95 - (96)
3 - (3)
11510
2570
22
2273 (88)
109 - (4)
188 - (7)