Fine-needle biopsy should be performed in solid hypoechoic thyroid nodules greater than one centimeter even in the absence of suspicious ultrasonographic characteristics

Thyroid

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 939-940

  Rosario, Pedro Weslley ^a,b   Salles, Daniela Santos ^a   Purisch, Saulo ^b  

^a Postgraduation Program   (Brazil)

^b Endocrinology Service   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID CANCER; THYROID NODULE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CHILD; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; THYROID NODULE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 77955285488     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2010.0026     Document Type: Letter

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