Is the anteroposterior and transverse diameter ratio of nonpalpable thyroid nodules a sonographic criteria for recommending fine-needle aspiration cytology?

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 689-693

  Cappelli, Carlo ^a,b   Pirola, Ilenia ^a   Cumetti, Davide ^a   Micheletti, Linda ^a   Tironi, Andrea ^a   Gandossi, Elena ^a   De Martino, Elvira ^a   Cherubini, Laura ^a   Agosti, Barbara ^a   Castellano, Maurizio ^a   Mattanza, Chiara ^a   Rosei, E Agabiti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b 2 Medicine   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CALCIFICATION; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; ENDEMIC GOITER; EUTHYROIDISM; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATION; PALPATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; THYROID ADENOMA; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 28844463998     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2005.02406.x     Document Type: Article

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