Applying the society of radiologists in ultrasound recommendations for fine-needle aspiration of thyroid nodules: Effect on workup and malignancy detection

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 202, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 602-607

  Hobbs, Hasan A ^a   Bahl, Manisha ^a   Nelson, Rendon C ^a   Eastwood, James D ^a   Esclamado, Ramon M ^a   Hoang, Jenny K ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Society of radiologists in ultrasound; Thyroid; Thyroid nodule

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISTANT METASTASIS; FEMALE; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE GUIDED BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYROID CANCER; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; ULTRASOUND GUIDED FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND-GUIDED FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; RADIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID NODULE; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES; WORKLOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896713685     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.13.11219     Document Type: Article

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