Ultrasonographic findings of medullary thyroid cancer: Differences according to tumor size and correlation with fine needle aspiration results

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 312-316

  Choi, Nami ^a   Moon, Won Jin ^a   Lee, Jeong Hyun ^b   Baek, Jung Hwan ^b,c   Kim, Dong Wook ^d   Park, Sun Won ^e  

^a Konkuk University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

^c The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^d Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Head neck; Thyroid; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOGENICITY; FINE-NEEDLE ASPIRATIONS; HEAD/NECK; LESION SIZE; MEAN DIAMETER; PREOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS; PROGNOSTIC FACTORS; THYROID; THYROID CANCERS; THYROID CARCINOMA; TUMOR RESECTION; TUMOR SIZE;

BIOMINERALIZATION; CYTOLOGY; NEEDLES; SONOCHEMISTRY; TUMORS; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

BONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCINOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYROID TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CALCINOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79960976791     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ar.2010.100247     Document Type: Article

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