The thyroid incidentaloma—ignore or investigate?

DC Howlett, A Speirs - Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives The purpose of this study was to evaluate the potential importance and need for
further investigation of thyroid lesions detected during imaging investigations unrelated to …

Thyroid incidentalomas

A Pinchera - Hormone research, 2007 - karger.com
Background: The prevalence of thyroid nodules in the general population varies according
to the method of detection in use. In large population studies, about 5% of subjects have …

Incidental thyroid carcinoma in a large series of consecutive patients operated on for benign thyroid disease

P Miccoli, MN Minuto, D Galleri… - ANZ journal of …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Background: The diagnosis of incidental thyroid carcinoma (ITC) in patients operated on for
a benign disease is frequent. This study aims to determine both its clinical effect and the …

Utility of I-123 thyroid uptake scan in incidental thyroid nodules: an old test with a new role

SM Wilhelm - Surgery, 2008 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: In an incidentally discovered multinodular thyroid goiter, determining which
nodule to biopsy is challenging. This study examined whether I-123 thyroid uptake scans …

Prevalence, clinical and ultrasonographic characteristics of thyroid incidentalomas

HW Kang, JH No, JH Chung, YK Min, MS Lee, MK Lee… - Thyroid, 2004 - liebertpub.com
High-resolution ultrasonography (US) has made possible the detection of asymptomatic
small thyroid nodules. Thyroid incidentalomas have created a clinical dilemma as to how to …

Developing a registry for thyroid incidentalomas: lessons learned and the path forward

L Davies, E Pichiotino, WC Black, ANA Tosteson - Thyroid, 2016 - liebertpub.com
Background: Incidentalomas are findings on an imaging test done for other reasons, for
which there are no matching symptoms in the patient. They are common in the adrenal …

The influence of incidental detection of thyroid nodule on thyroid cancer risk and prognosis—A systematic review

JE Chooi, A Ravindiran… - Clinical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Clinically inapparent thyroid nodules discovered serendipitously on imaging for
nonthyroid indications are termed as thyroid incidentalomas. It is unclear whether these …

Epidemiology of thyroid nodules

DS Dean, H Gharib - Best practice & research Clinical endocrinology & …, 2008 - Elsevier
Thyroid nodules are common and are commonly benign. The reported prevalence of
nodular thyroid disease depends on the population studied and the methods used to detect …

Ultrasonography‐guided fine‐needle aspiration of thyroid incidentaloma: correlation with pathological findings

IS Nam‐Goong, HY Kim, G Gong, HK Lee… - Clinical …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
background There are many reports that diagnostic accuracy of fine‐needle aspiration
(FNA) of thyroid is improved with ultrasound guidance, especially for impalpable nodules …

High variability in radiologists' reporting practices for incidental thyroid nodules detected on CT and MRI

JK Hoang, A Riofrio, MR Bashir… - American journal …, 2014 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: There are no guidelines for reporting incidental thyroid
nodules seen on CT and MR imaging. We evaluated radiologists' current reporting practices …