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Table 2 Breakdown of the obtained samples according to the classification and reporting of thyroid cytology for each procedure

From: Role of the cytopathologist during the procedure of fine-needle aspiration biopsy of thyroid nodules

TIR	Nodule 1			Nodule 2		Nodule 3	Nodule 4	Nodule 5	Nodule 6	Nodule 7	Tot
TIR	1st FNAB	2nd FNAB	3rd FNAB	1st FNAB	2nd FNAB	1st FNAB	1st FNAB	1st FNAB	1st FNAB	1st FNAB	Tot
1	466	17	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	515
2	4928	121	5	1712	6	400	107	33	10	2	7324
3	269	10	1	119	1	39	12	3	3	1	7839
4	50	3	1	20	0	8	0	0	1	0	83
5	206	8	0	75	3	28	3	1	0	0	324
6	157	2	0	18	0	7	4	0	1	0	407
7	98	3	1	52	0	11	1	1	0	1	168
Tot	6174	164	8	2027	11	493	127	38	15	4	9061

Specifically, the table describes that up to seven nodules were examined in each procedure. Concurrently, up to three repetitions of the procedure were carried out for each nodule to finalise the diagnosis. Each line reports the number of samples that fall under a label of the classification (TIR)

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