Initially non-diagnostic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration cytology of thyroid nodules: Value and management

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 168-173

  Chung, Jin ^a   Youk, Ji Hyun ^a   Kim, Jeong Ah ^a   Kwak, Jin Young ^a   Kim, Eun Kyung ^a   Ryu, Young Hoon ^a   Son, Eun Ju ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fine needle aspiration cytology; Sonography; Thyroid; Thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC PERFORMANCE; ECHOGENICITY; FINE-NEEDLE ASPIRATIONS; MICROCALCIFICATIONS; NEGATIVE PREDICTIVE VALUE; POSITIVE PREDICTIVE VALUES; SIMPLE METHOD; THYROID; THYROID CANCERS; THYROID NODULE;

BIOMINERALIZATION; DISEASES; SONOCHEMISTRY; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

CYTOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NODULE;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NODULE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84858835521     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ar.2011.110133     Document Type: Article

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