Sonographic criteria predictive of benign thyroid nodules useful in avoiding unnecessary ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 114, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 590-597

  Tay, Shee Yen ^a   Chen, Chia Yuen ^a,b   Chan, Wing P ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aspiration; Biopsy; Nodule; Thyroid gland; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN THYROID NODULE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; FOLLOW UP; GRAVES DISEASE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE GUIDED BIOPSY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NODULAR GOITER; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; ULTRASOUND GUIDED FINE NEEDLE BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VALIDITY; VERY ELDERLY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; THYROID NEOPLASMS; VALIDATION STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937252498     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: 18760821     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfma.2014.03.015     Document Type: Article

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