Clinical significance of the comet-tail artifact in thyroid ultrasound

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 129-133

  Ahuja, A T ^a   Chick, W ^a   King, W ^a   Metreweli, C ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Comet tail artifact; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; COLLOID CYST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; THYROID NODULE;

ARTIFACTS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; COLLOIDS; CYSTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 0030067321     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0096(199603)24:3<129::AID-JCU4>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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