Prevalence of hyperfunctioning thyroid nodules among those in need of fine needle aspiration cytology according to ATA 2015, EU-TIRADS, and ACR-TIRADS

Prevalence of hyperfunctioning thyroid nodules among those in need of fine needle aspiration cytology according to ATA 2015, EU-TIRADS, and ACR-TIRADS:

Abstract

Purpose

Given the large number of patients with thyroid nodules, improvement of the specificity of current ultrasound-based thyroid nodule classification systems (ATA, EU-TIRADS, and ACR-TIRADS) is warranted to reduce the number of diagnostic thyroidectomies. Thyroid scintigraphy has been shown to demonstrate hyperfunctional nodules, associated with a low malignancy risk, in euthyroid patients. However, it is not known if thyroid scintigraphy could improve specificity of current classification systems. The aim of this study, therefore, was to determine the frequency of hyperfunctional nodules among those nodules in need of fine needle aspiration cytology (FNA) according to current classification systems and to test if nodule functional status is associated with sonographic features.

Methods

Five hundred sixty-six euthyroid patients (TSH 0.55–4.20 μU/ml) presenting for thyroid nodule workup including thyroid sonography and scintigraphy at our department between 09/2013 and 02/2018 were included in this retrospective study. All nodules > 10 mm were classified according to ATA, EU-TIRADS, and ACR-TIRADS and correlated to their functional status as assessed by ^99mTc-pertechnetate scintigraphy.

Results

Ultrasound detected 1029 thyroid nodules ≥ 10 mm, including 545 nodules ≥ 15 mm. Prevalence of hyperfunctional nodules among those with recommendation for FNA according to ATA 2015, EU-TIRADS, and ACR-TIRADS was 6.4%, 6.9%, and 6.5% for nodules ≥ 10 mm and 7.2%, 7.6%, and 7.5% only considering nodules ≥ 15 mm. No sonographic feature was correlated to hyperfunctionality of nodules.

Conclusion

In euthyroid patients, thyroid scintigraphy demonstrates hyperfunctionality, which cannot be predicted by ultrasound, in up to 6.9% of nodules in need of FNA according to ultrasound-based classifications. Given the known low risk of malignancy in hyperfunctional nodules, thyroid scintigraphy can lower the frequency of fine needle aspirations and—potentially—the frequency of diagnostic hemithyroidectomies in euthyroid patients.

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