Is elastography actually useful in the presurgical selection of thyroid nodules with indeterminate cytology?

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 96, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Lippolis, P V ^a   Tognini, S ^a   Materazzi, G ^a   Polini, A ^a   Mancini, R ^a   Ambrosini, C E ^a   Dardano, A ^a   Basolo, F ^a   Seccia, M ^a   Miccoli, P ^a   Monzani, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORPHOLOGY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INDETERMINATE CYTOLOGY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME ELASTOGRAPHY; SCORING SYSTEM; SOLID TUMOR; THYROID CANCER; THYROID NODULE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUMOR CALCINOSIS; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 80655130436     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2011-1021     Document Type: Article

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