Diagnostic Reliability of the American College of Radiology Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data System in Royal Commission Hospital, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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https://doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2022.8264Keywords:
American college of radiology thyroid imaging reporting and data system, Fine needle aspiration cytology, Thyroid nodule, Ultrasound, Accuracy testsAbstract
BACKGROUND: The American College of Radiology Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data System (ACR TI-RADS) classified and predicted the risk of thyroid nodule malignancy with ultrasound scan scoring system.
AIM: Hence, we aimed to investigate the value of the combined use of ultrasound ACR TI-RADS scoring and ultrasound-guided thyroid fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) based on the Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytology (TBSRTC) for assessing the accuracy tests of diagnosing low and high-risk thyroid nodules of ACR TI-RADS.
METHODS: We enrolled 392 patients with thyroid nodules who underwent ultrasound scanning and scoring using the ACR TI-RADS classification along with ultrasound-guided thyroid FNAC and scoring with TBSRTC. The two methods were grouped as low and high risk of malignancy to evaluate the accuracy of ACR TI-RADS.
RESULTS: Three hundred and ninety-two patients were enrolled in the study. The mean (Standard deviation [SD]) age was 46.03 (13.96) years, 332 (84.7%) were females and the mean (SD) of body mass index was 31.90 (22.32) kg/m2 and Vitamin D 17.65 (11.15) nmol/L. The mean (SD) for thyroid function test was 5.37 (44.16) mmol/L for thyroid-stimulating hormone, 1.48 (1.49) ng/dL for free thyroxine (FT4), and 2.69 (0.70) nmol/L for free triiodothyronine (FT3). Most of the participants were euthyroid (63.8%), but 28.6% had hypothyroidism and 7.7% had hyperthyroidism. The accuracy tests of ACR TI-RADS in relation to TBSRTC, were sensitivity (87.8%), specificity (65.2%), positive predictive value (29.8%), and negative predictive value (97%). The area under the curve = 0.590, 95% CI = 0.530–0.650, p ˂ 0.006.
CONCLUSION: ACR TI-RADS is a simple, practical, and reliable scoring system for assessing thyroid nodule; it has a better overall diagnostic performance and the ability to exclude unnecessary FNAC with high negative predictive value.Downloads
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