Exclusion of malignancy in thyroid nodules with indeterminate fine-needle aspiration cytology after negative 18f-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography: Interim analysis

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1247-1253

  Traugott, Amber L ^a   Dehdashti, Farrokh ^b   Trinkaus, Kathryn ^a   Cohen, Mark ^c   Fialkowski, Elizabeth ^a   Quayle, Frank ^a   Hussain, Hameda ^a   Davila, Rosa ^d   Ylagan, Lourdes ^a   Moley, Jeffrey F ^a,e  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

^d MISSOURI BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77955558143     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-010-0398-3     Document Type: Article

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