Contribution of scintigraphy and ultrasonography to the prediction of malignancy in thyroid nodules with indeterminate cytology;Contribuição da cintilografia e ultrassonografia para a predição de malignidade em nódulos tireoidianos com citologia indeterminada

Arquivos Brasileiros de Endocrinologia e Metabologia

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 56-59

  Rosário, Pedro Weslley ^a,b   Salles, Daniela Santos ^a   Bessa, Breno ^a   Purisch, Saulo ^b  

^a Santa Casa de Belo Horizonte (SCBH)   (Brazil)

^b Servico de Endocrinologia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Indeterminate cytology; Radionuclide imaging; Thyroid nodule; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

(3 IODOBENZYL)GUANIDINE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC USE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SCINTISCANNING; THYROID NODULE; THYROID TUMOR; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

3-IODOBENZYLGUANIDINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952796970     PISSN: 00042730     EISSN: 16779487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-27302010000100010     Document Type: Article

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