I’m just back from ENT appt. US showed a few nodules but one small one looked different. It was FNA’d and the biopsy shows inflammatory cells (lymphocytic I think he said?). I have positive TPO and Tg.. He can’t rule out malignancy although he is slightly leaning towards it not being, so is getting a 2nd opinion which I won’t find out for another 2 weeks.
is this normal? Are FNAs generally inconclusive? Is surgery the only definitive diagnosis?
Thanks
I just would have thought the biopsy would have shown if it was malignant or not. ENT doc said he’s still not sure, which is why I’m puzzled.
if you look in 'related posts' , you'll find several other posts relating to inconclusive fna's (look at top right hand side of page on laptop, no idea where they will appear if you are on a phone ) but yes it appears to be quite common for initial fna's to be inconclusive .
good morning I had a FNA done back in October 23 seen follicular epithelial cells but no frank malignant cells seen there fire they classed it as thy2c benign . This was inconclusive but they insisted that after naseoscopy and my history I couldn’t possibly have thyroid cancer and have discharged me back to GP . My TSH was 1,23 . So they said I’m euthyroid . Fast forward to today I have issues swallowing ( throat and stomach ) had 2 gastroscopes NAD and they say it’s all in my head . Bloods are fine so there’s nothing wrong with me . The GP won’t give me an MRI so I am living but not living my life . It’s awful 😢
I had difficulty swallowing and stomach. Someone here recommended YouTube looking up Vic Veer globus. It completely resolved my swallowing thing. Good luck.
FNA Result: Atypical
Thyroid FNA results 
