Role of Ultrasound in Thyroid Disorders

Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1209-1227

  Kangelaris, Gerald T ^a   Kim, Theresa B ^a,b   Orloff, Lisa A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Otolaryngology   (United States)

Author keywords

Thyroid cancer; Thyroid FNA; Thyroid nodule; Thyroid ultrasound; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; CALCIFICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; IMAGING; LYMPHOMA; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; THYROID CYST; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NODULE; THYROID PARAFOLLICULAR CELL; THYROIDITIS; TOXIC GOITER;

BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LYMPH NODES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 78049440569     PISSN: 00306665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otc.2010.08.006     Document Type: Review

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