Integrating Cytological, Histopathological, Radiological, and Clinical Data for Comprehensive Assessment of Thyroid Lesions: A Multidisciplinary Approach

Abstract

India is a country which is having a very large number of thyroid lesions amounting to up to 3 % of all diseases. The correlation of radiology along with clinical findings and cytology provides a strong base for performing surgery. The post-surgical findings can be very well corroborated with the other parameters although histopathology is a confirmatory diagnosis. Keeping this
ideology in mind the aim of the study is Diagnostic Accuracy Enhancement by evaluating how combining data from cytological, histopathological, radiological, and clinical assessments can improve the accuracy of thyroid lesion diagnoses. The study involved a total of 334 patients. Out of which, a radiological-cytological correlation was obtained in 170 cases, and cytology, histology, and radiology along with thyroid profile correlation was obtained in 93 cases. The study has very little triad correlation of cytology,
radiology, and thyroid profile as there is a lack of awareness among the patients about the significance of all three investigative parameters.