Value of repeat ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration in thyroid nodule with a first benign cytologic result: Impact of ultrasound to predict malignancy

Endocrine

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 290-296

  Maia, Frederico F R ^a   Matos, Patrícia S ^a   Pavin, Elizabeth J ^a   Vassallo, José ^a   Zantut Wittmann, Denise E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fine needle aspiration cytology; Thyroid cancer; Thyroid nodule; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN;

AGE; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; BENIGN TUMOR; CALCIFICATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; THYROID CANCER; THYROID NODULE; THYROID SCINTISCANNING; ULTRASOUND GUIDED FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION;

EID: 84855193255     PISSN: 1355008X     EISSN: 15590100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12020-011-9467-0     Document Type: Article

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