Int J Thyroidol.  2018 May;11(1):15-20. 10.11106/ijt.2018.11.1.15.

The History of Korean Thyroid Pathology

• Hong SW
• Jung CK

• KMID: 2428066
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.11106/ijt.2018.11.1.15

Abstract

Pathologists play a critical role in the diagnosis and treatment planning of patients as well as in research. The first article of thyroid related research in Korea was reported in 1911. The Korean Society of Pathologists was found in 1946. In Korea thyroid fine needle aspiration cytology was introduced in the 1970s and became widely available in the 1980s. The Korean Society for Cytopathology was founded in 1986. Korean Endocrine Pathology Study Group was founded in 2007. Korean pathologists have been actively involved in internal and external scientific and educational activities. Herein, we briefly review the history of thyroid cytopathology and surgical pathology in Korea.

Keyword

Pathology; Thyroid; Fine-needle aspiration; History

MeSH Terms

Biopsy, Fine-Needle
Diagnosis
Education
Humans
Korea
Pathology*
Pathology, Surgical
Thyroid Gland*

Figure

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  Fig. 1. History of Thyroid Pathology in Korea.

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  Fig. 2. Dr. Syed Z. Ali delivered talk on “ the Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology” at the annual training seminar of the Korean Society for Cytopathology in 2012.

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  Fig. 3. The inaugural assembly of Korean Endocrine Pathology Study Group was held in Seoul on December 20,2007.

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  Fig. 4. A wreath celebrating the inaugural assembly of Korean Endocrine Pathology Study Group in 2012.

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  Fig. 5. Dr. Soon Won Hong is a co-author of the second edition of the Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology.

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  Fig. 6. Contents of the second edition of the Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology. Dr. Soon Won Hong is a co-author of chapter 2 of the book.

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  Fig. 7. The second meeting of the Working Group of Asian Thyroid FNA Cytology was held in Chiang Mai, Thailand on January 19, 2018.

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  Fig. 8. Members of the Working Group of Asian Thyroid FNA Cytology published their own country's products in the Journal of Pathology and Translational Medicine.

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  Fig. 9. The Working Group of Asian Thyroid FNA Cytology published articles addressing thyroid fine needle aspiration practices in China, India, Japan, Korea, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Thailand.

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