SEER Inquiry System - Report
Produced: 10/03/2025 3:47 AM
Question 20091125
Inquiry Details
References:
#1: 2008 SEER Manual, 4
#2: 2008 SEER Manual, 81
Question:
Ambiguous terminology/Reportability--Thyroid: Should a thyroid case be accessioned based only on a cytology that is consistent with papillary carcinoma? See Discussion.
Discussion:
Instructions in the 2007 SPCSM state that we are not to accession a case based only on a suspicious cytology. Does this rule apply only to the term "suspicious" or does it apply to all ambiguous terms? Example: FNA of thyroid nodule is consistent with papillary carcinoma.