Partially cystic thyroid nodules on ultrasound: Probability of malignancy and sonographic differentiation

Thyroid

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 341-346

  Lee, Mi Jung ^a   Kim, Eun Kyung ^a   Kwak, Jin Young ^a   Kim, Min Jung ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BENIGN TUMOR; CALCIFICATION; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; THYROID CANCER; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID SURGERY; THYROID TUMOR; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CHILD; CYSTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 66749178313     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2008.0250     Document Type: Article

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