Studies

Year

Total FNA

Sensitivity

(%)

Specificity

(%)

Accuracy

(%)

PPV

(%)

NPV

(%)

Present study

2020

57

100

97.9

98.1

83.7

100

Ronchi et al. [8]

2019

34

92

86

-

-

-

Altin et al. [5]

2018

194

69

89.6

86.5

54.1

94.2

Marzouki et al. [1]

2017

42

50

100

92.1

100

91.4

Santigo et al. [9]

2016

88

46

100

91

100

90

Rezvani et al. [6]

2015

200

53

93

82

72

84

Mallon et al. [10]

2013

201

52

98

92

78

93

Nugansangiam et al. [13]

2012

290

81.3

99.1

97

92.9

97.5

Ali et al. [14]

2011

129

84

98

94

93

95

Stramandnoli et al. [3]

2009

106

68.2

87.7

82.3

68.2

87.7

Cohen et al. [15]

2004

169

73

87

80

84

77