How to combine ultrasound and cytological information in decision making about thyroid nodules

European Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1923-1931

  Kwak, Jin Young ^a   Kim, Eun Kyung ^a   Kim, Hye Jung ^b   Kim, Min Jung ^a   Son, Eun Ju ^a   Moon, Hee Jung ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Kyungpook National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fine needle aspiration; Thyroid cancer; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; ECHOGRAPHY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID ADENOMA; THYROID CANCER; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID SURGERY; THYROID TUMOR; THYROIDITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; THYROID NODULE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650888571     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-009-1369-7     Document Type: Article

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