Predictive value for malignancy in the finding of microcalcifications on ultrasonography of thyroid nodules

Head and Neck

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1206-1210

  Chammas, Maria Cristina ^a   De Araujo Filho, Vergilius José F ^a   Moysés, Raquel A ^a   Brescia, Marília D G ^a   Mulatti, Grace C ^a   Brandão, Lenine G ^a   Cerri, Giovanni G ^a   Ferraz, Alberto R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Microcalcification; Papillary carcinoma; Thyroid neoplasm; Thyroid nodule; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CALCIFICATION; CHI SQUARE TEST; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROCALCIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID NODULE; THYROID TUMOR;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CALCINOSIS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; THYROID NODULE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 51949114635     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.20858     Document Type: Article

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