Role of ultrasonography in thyroid disease

Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 239-255

  Sheth, Sheila ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Thyroid cancer; Thyroid nodules; Thyroid ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AUTOPSY; CALCIFICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; GRAVES DISEASE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NODULAR GOITER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID CANCER; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID GLAND; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID PARAFOLLICULAR CELL;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, MEDULLARY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; NEOPLASM STAGING; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 77953270419     PISSN: 00306665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otc.2010.02.001     Document Type: Review

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