| Diagnostic category for needle-residual materials [Test method] |
Diagnostic category for direct FNA smear materials [Gold Standard] |
| Malignant |
Suspicious for malignancy |
Atypical/ borderline |
Benign |
Non-diagnostic |
| Malignant |
15 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Suspicious for malignancy |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Atypical |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Benign |
0 |
0 |
0 |
58 |
3 |
| Non-diagnostic |
0 |
0 |
0 |
20 |
17 |
|
| Kappa value: 0.653; value: <0.001 |
| Table 1: Agreement in cytological diagnoses made from needle-residual materials and direct FNA smear materials by various diagnostic categories for all lesions [n=118]. |
