Subcentimeter thyroid nodules: Utility of sonographic characterization and ultrasound-guided needle biopsy

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 197, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Sharma, Arjun ^a   Gabriel, Helena ^a   Nemcek, Albert A ^a   Nayar, Ritu ^b   Du, Hongyang ^c   Nikolaidis, Paul ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTHSYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Thyroid nodules; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 82455203927     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.5684     Document Type: Article

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