Value of repeat ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration in nodules with benign cytological diagnosis

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 469-473

  Shin, J H ^a   Han, B K ^a   Ko, K ^a   Choe, Y H ^a   Oh, Y L ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Thyroid nodule; Ultrasonography; US guided aspiration

Indexed keywords

CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY); CYTOLOGY; MEDICAL IMAGING; NEEDLES; PATHOLOGY; TUMORS;

CYTOLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS; FINE-NEEDLE ASPIRATION; MALIGNANCIES; MALIGNANT NODULES;

DIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYROID NODULE; THYROID TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 33744970493     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841850600635921     Document Type: Article

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