Sonographic criteria for fine-needle aspiration cytology in a Korean female population undergoing thyroid ultrasound screening

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 475-481

  Kim, Seung Ja ^a   Moon, Woo Kyung ^b   Cho, Nariya ^b  

^a Seoul National University Boramae Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Biomedical Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fine needle aspiration

Indexed keywords

BREAST US; DIAGNOSTIC INDICES; DIAGNOSTIC PERFORMANCE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE POPULATION; FINE-NEEDLE ASPIRATIONS; MEAN AGES; NEGATIVE PREDICTIVE VALUE; POSITIVE PREDICTIVE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS; SONOGRAPHIC; THYROID CANCERS; THYROID NODULE;

BIOMINERALIZATION; CYTOLOGY; NEEDLES; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS;

ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCIDENTAL FINDING; KOREA; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID NODULE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; KOREA; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID NODULE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 77952698326     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02841851003641834     Document Type: Article

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