Research Article

Diagnostic Accuracy of the Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology (TBSRTC): An Institution Experience

Table 1

TBSRTC 2017 Bethesda categories [8].

Bethesda categoryCategory titleRisk of malignancy if NIFTP = cancer (%)Risk of malignancy if NIFTP ≠ cancer (%)

INondiagnostic or unsatisfactory5–105–10
IIBenign0–30–3
IIIAtypia of undetermined significance (AUS) or follicular lesion of undetermined significance (FLUS)6–1810–30
IVFollicular neoplasm or suspicious for a follicular neoplasm10–4025–40
VSuspicious for malignancy45–6050–75
VIMalignant94–9697–99