Department of Pathology Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth, UK.
UCL Cancer Institute, Bloomsbury, London, UK.
Cytopathology. 2021 Nov;32(6):714-717. doi: 10.1111/cyt.13017. Epub 2021 Jun 15.
The use of reporting terminologies for thyroid FNA cytology enables standardisation and international alignment of the reporting of thyroid cytology results, which is essential. There are currently three major internationally recognised systems: Bethesda (TBS), UK RCPath (Thy), and Italian (TIR). A fourth terminology system used in Japan has identical categories to TBS but with different nomenclature. The aim of this review is to discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the TBS, UK RCPath, and TIR systems, and to make the case for international terminology harmonisation and standardisation.
使用甲状腺细针抽吸细胞学报告术语可实现甲状腺细胞学报告结果的标准化和国际接轨，这一点至关重要。目前有三个主要的国际公认系统：Bethesda（TBS）、英国皇家病理学院（RCPath）和意大利（TIR）。日本使用的第四个术语系统与 TBS 具有相同的类别，但命名法不同。本文的目的是讨论 TBS、英国 RCPath 和 TIR 系统的优缺点，并为国际术语协调和标准化提出理由。
