Managing incidental thyroid nodules detected on imaging: White paper of the ACR incidental thyroid findings committee

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 143-150

  Hoang, Jenny K ^a   Langer, Jill E ^b   Middleton, William D ^c   Wu, Carol C ^d   Hammers, Lynwood W ^e   Cronan, John J ^f   Tessler, Franklin N ^g   Grant, Edward G ^h   Berland, Lincoln L ^g  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

imaging; Incidental findings; incidentaloma; thyroid cancer; thyroid nodule

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSENSUS; HUMAN; IMAGING; INCIDENTAL FINDING; INCIDENTAL THYROID NODULE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; THYROID CANCER; THYROID NODULE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 84964285113     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: 1558349X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2014.09.038     Document Type: Article

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