Assessment of inflammatory parameters as predictive markers for malignancy in thyroid nodules: a study on the correlation with Bethesda classification

Mustafa C. Şenoymak ¹, Süleyman Baş ², Murat Yeniçeri ³, Kadem Arslan ⁴, Erdinç Yaman ⁴, Hasan H. Çoban ⁴, Dilek Yavuzer ⁵, Alpaslan Tanoğlu ⁶

¹ Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Health Sciences, Sultan Abdulhamid Han Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey; ² Department of Internal Medicine, Sancaktepe Sehit Prof. Dr. Ilhan Varank Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey; ³ Department of Rheumatology, University of Health Sciences, Bakırköy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey; ⁴ Department of Internal Medicine, University of Health Sciences, Sancaktepe Şehit Prof. Dr. ?lhan Varank Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey; ⁵ Department of Pathology, University of Health Sciences, Sancaktepe Şehit Prof. Dr. ?lhan Varank Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey; ⁶ Department of Internal Medicine, Bahçeşehir University, Faculty of Medicine Istanbul, Turkey