Differentiation of thyroid nodules with macrocalcifications: Role of suspicious sonographic findings

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1179-1184

  Kim, Min Jung ^a   Kim, Eun Kyung ^a,c   Kwak, Jin Young ^a   Park, Cheong Soo ^b   Chung, Woong Youn ^b   Nam, Kee Hyun ^b   Youk, Ji Hyun ^c,d  

^a Research Institute of Radiological Science   (South Korea)

^b Department of Surgery ^*  (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^d CHA University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Calcifications; Sonography; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALIZATION; BONE; CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY); ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARDS; MALIGNANT LESION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SONOGRAPHIC FINDINGS; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; THYROID; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE;

ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID NODULE; THYROID SURGERY; THYROID TUMOR;

EID: 48949086960     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2008.27.8.1179     Document Type: Article

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