Value of thyroglobulin combined with ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration cytology for diagnosis of lymph node metastasis of thyroid carcinoma

Table 3 The comparison of pathological diagnosis results between single and combined diagnosis of fine-needle aspiration and fine-needle aspiration thyroglobulin

FNA	Pathological results		Total	FNA-Tg	Pathological results		Total	FNA + FNA-Tg	Pathological results		Total
	Positive	Negative			Positive	Negative			Positive	Negative
Positive	106	8	114	Positive	103	11	114	Positive	120	7	127
Negative	18	77	95	Negative	21	74	95	Negative	4	78	82
Total	124	85	209	Total	124	85	209	Total	124	85	209

FNA: Fine-needle aspiration; FNA-Tg: Fine-needle aspiration thyroglobulin.