Incidental thyroid nodules on chest CT: Review of the literature and management suggestions

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 195, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1066-1071

  Ahmed, Sameer ^a   Horton, Karen M ^b   Jeffrey Jr , R Brooke ^c   Sheth, Sheila ^b   Fishman, Elliot K ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

MDCT; Nodules; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE; ULTRASOUND;

HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; THYROID NODULE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78649694091     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.4506     Document Type: Review

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