Sonographic differentiation of thyroid nodules with eggshell calcifications

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1425-1430

  Byung, Moon Kim ^a   Min, Jung Kim ^b   Kim, Eun Kyung ^b   Jin, Young Kwak ^b   Soon, Won Hong ^b   Eun, Ju Son ^b   Ki, Hwang Kim ^b  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Calcifications; Sonography; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

BONE; CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY); ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ECHOGENICITY; INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SONOGRAPHIC; SONOGRAPHIC FINDINGS; THYROID; THYROID NODULE;

BIOMINERALIZATION;

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR ADENOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID NODULE; THYROID SURGERY;

EID: 54149092544     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2008.27.10.1425     Document Type: Article

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