Incidental thyroid nodules: Incidence, evaluation, and outcome

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (United States)

Volumn 150, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 939-942

  Chaikhoutdinov, Irina ^a   Mitzner, Ron ^a   Goldenberg, David ^a  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Incidental thyroid nodule; Incidentaloma; Papillary thyroid cancer; Thyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

RADIOACTIVE IODINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THYROID NODULE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; INCIDENTAL FINDING; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84903525777     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599814524705     Document Type: Article

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