Utility of elastography for differential diagnosis of benign and malignant thyroid nodules

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 230-234

  Kagoya, Ryoji ^a   Monobe, Hiroko ^a   Tojima, Hitoshi ^a  

^a Hitachi   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BENIGN TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID NODULE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; CALCINOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCINOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 77955501061     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2010.04.006     Document Type: Article

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