Fine-needle aspiration biopsy of thyroid nodules: Experience in a cohort of 944 patients

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 193, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1175-1179

  Baier, Nina D ^a   Hahn, Peter F ^a   Gervais, Debra A ^a   Samir, Anthony ^a   Halpern, Elkan F ^a   Mueller, Peter R ^a   Harisinghani, Mukesh G ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Fine needle aspiration biopsy; Sonography; Thyroid cancer; Thyroid nodules; Ultrasound guided biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CALCIFICATION; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THYROID NODULE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID NODULE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349669147     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.08.1840     Document Type: Article

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