Table 5 Diagnostic efficacy of FNAC alone, and the combination of FNAC and FNA-Tg.

From: FNA-Tg improves the diagnostic efficacy of FNAC for PTC lateral cervical LN metastasis

 

Sensitivity

Specificity

PPV

NPV

Accuracy

FNAC alone

0.86

1.00

1.00

0.71

0.90

FNAC + FNA-Tg

0.96

0.75

0.92

0.87

0.91

  1. FNAC: fine needle aspiration cytology; FNA-Tg: thyroglobulin in lymph node fine needle aspirates; PPV: positive predictive value; NPV: negative predictive value.
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