Thyroid incidentalomas: To treat or not to treat

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 267, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1019-1026

  Iyer, N G ^a   Shaha, Ashok R ^a   Silver, Carl E ^b   Devaney, Kenneth O ^c   Rinaldo, Alessandra ^d   Pellitteri, Phillip K ^e   Ferlito, Alfio ^d  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Department of Pathology Allegiance Health ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF UDINE   (Italy)

^e GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Incidental lesions; Management; PET; Thyroid; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE;

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE COST; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYROID INCIDENTALOMA; THYROID NODULE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME; ULTRASOUND;

ALGORITHMS; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; RISK FACTORS; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 77955111167     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-010-1207-1     Document Type: Review

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