Ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration versus non-aspiration techniques in the evaluation of solid thyroid nodules

Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Table 1 Sample quality score

Background blood	Large	Moderate	Minimal
Background blood	1	2	3
Cellular Yield	Minimal	Sufficient	Abundant
Cellular Yield	1	2	3
Cellular architecture	Lost	Moderately preserved	Preserved
Cellular architecture	1	2	3
Cellular trauma	Marked	Moderate	Minimal
Cellular trauma	1	2	3
Quality of sample	Non-diagnostic	Adequate	Superior
Quality of sample	1–4	5–8	9–12