Pearls and pitfalls of thyroid nodule sonography and fine-needle aspiration

Ultrasound Quarterly

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 171-178

  Ginat, Daniel T ^a   Butani, Devang ^a   Giampoli, Ellen J ^a   Patel, Nikhil ^a   Dogra, Vikram ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

FNA; pitfalls; thyroid nodules; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CALCIFICATION; CANCER INFILTRATION; CARCINOGENICITY; COLLOID CYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; HUMAN; LESIONS AND DEFECTS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORPHOLOGY; NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; ONCOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SOLID TUMOR; THYROID CYST; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE; TUMOR CALCINOSIS; TUMOR VOLUME; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CALCINOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957872844     PISSN: 08948771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RUQ.0b013e3181efa710     Document Type: Review

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