Are there any specific ultrasound findings of nodular hyperplasia (leave me alone lesion) to differentiate it from follicular adenoma?

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 383-388

  Moon, Won Jin ^a   Kwag, Hyon Joo ^b   Na, Dong Gyu ^c  

^a Konkuk University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Follicular adenoma; Nodular hyperplasia; Sonography; Thyroid; Thyroid neoplasms

Indexed keywords

FOLLICULAR ADENOMA; NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; SONOGRAPHY; THYROID; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

ABERRATIONS; ACOUSTIC WAVES; BIOMINERALIZATION; BONE; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

TUMORS;

ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NODULE; THYROID TUMOR;

ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651208417     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841850902740940     Document Type: Article

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