The thyroid incidentaloma: An increasingly frequent consequence of radiologic imaging

Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI

Volumn 26, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 37-46

  Mitchell, Jamie ^a   Parangi, Sareh ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EVALUATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMAGING; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RADIOLOGY; REVIEW; THYROID CANCER; THYROID NODULE; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 13844308392     PISSN: 08872171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sult.2004.10.004     Document Type: Article

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