The thyroid incidentaloma - Ignore or investigate?

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1367-1371

  Howlett, David C ^a   Speirs, Archie ^a  

^a EASTBOURNE DISTRICT GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Imaging; Incidentaloma; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DISEASES; MEDICAL IMAGING; ONLINE SEARCHING; SEARCH ENGINES;

INCIDENTALOMA; PAPILLARY MICROCARCINOMAS; THYROID LESIONS;

TUMORS;

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONSENSUS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBASE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDLINE; REVIEW; THYROID INCIDENTALOMA; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA;

EID: 35349029873     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2007.26.10.1367     Document Type: Review

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