Diagnostic value of ultrasonography to distinguish between benign and malignant lesions in the management of thyroid nodules

HJ Tae, DJ Lim, KH Baek, WC Park, YS Lee, JE Choi… - Thyroid, 2007 - liebertpub.com
Objective: We analyzed the sonographic characteristics of thyroid nodules and assessed the
diagnostic value of ultrasonography in order to distinguish between benign and malignant …

Ultrasonographic evaluation of thyroid nodules in 900 patients: comparison among ultrasonographic, cytological, and histological findings

Y Ito, N Amino, T Yokozawa, H Ota, M Ohshita… - Thyroid, 2007 - liebertpub.com
Ultrasonography is the most useful tool for detection and evaluation of thyroid nodules. In
this study, we present our classification system for ultrasonographic evaluation, which has …

Evaluation of thyroid nodules by a scoring and categorizing method based on sonographic features

SY Xu, WW Zhan, WH Wang - Journal of Ultrasound in …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives To assess sonographic features of thyroid nodules associated with malignancy
and to establish a scoring and categorizing method based on sonographic features …

The predictive value of ultrasound findings in the management of thyroid nodules

C Cappelli, M Castellano, I Pirola… - Journal of the …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Background: Thyroid nodules are a common medical problem, but whether fine-needle
aspiration cytology (FNAC) is mandated for smaller non-palpable nodules, is controversial …

Ultrasonographic evaluation of thyroid nodules: comparison of ultrasonographic, cytological, and histopathological findings

K Gul, R Ersoy, A Dirikoc, B Korukluoglu, PE Ersoy… - Endocrine, 2009 - Springer
Thyroid ultrasonography (US) and fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) are the most
important tools in evaluating thyroid nodules. A total of 3,404 nodules in 2,082 cases …

The diagnostic efficiency of ultrasound in characterization for thyroid nodules: how many criteria are required to predict malignancy?

A Ozel, SM Erturk, A Ercan, B Yılmaz… - Medical …, 2012 - medultrason.ro
Objective: The purpose of this study was to define the criteria for use in differentiating benign
and malignant nodules with the help of the receiver operating characteristic analysis and to …

Positive predictive values of sonographic features of solid thyroid nodule

YJ Hong, EJ Son, EK Kim, JY Kwak, SW Hong… - Clinical imaging, 2010 - Elsevier
AIM: The purpose of this study was to assess the positive predictive value of the suspicious
sonographic features of solid nodules of the thyroid. MATERIALS AND METHODS: After …

Diagnostic performances of various gray-scale, color Doppler, and contrast-enhanced ultrasonography findings in predicting malignant thyroid nodules

J Ma, H Ding, B Xu, C Xu, L Song, B Huang, W Wang - Thyroid, 2014 - liebertpub.com
Background: Ultrasonography is the most frequently used clinical tool for the identification,
assessment, and follow-up of thyroid nodules. The purpose of this research was to evaluate …

Benign and Malignant Thyroid Nodules: US Differentiation—Multicenter Retrospective Study1

WJ Moon, SL Jung, JH Lee, DG Na, JH Baek, YH Lee… - Radiology, 2008 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose: To retrospectively evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of ultrasonographic (US)
criteria for the depiction of benign and malignant thyroid nodules by using tissue diagnosis …

Ultrasonographic characteristics of thyroid nodules: prediction of malignancy

E Koike, S Noguchi, H Yamashita, T Murakami… - Archives of …, 2001 - jamanetwork.com
Background High-resolution real-time ultrasonography (US) can detect characteristics of
thyroid nodules, but the US differentiation between malignant nodules and benign nodules …