Purpose Understanding the method of thyroid cancer detection has potential implications on
interpreting incidence rates, the diagnosis and management of thyroid cancer. We …

Background: The clinical management of patients with solitary thyroid nodule is well
established; however, the evaluation of patients with multiple thyroid nodules is …

Background and objective Thyroid cancer may be clinically evident as a tumor mass in the
neck or as a histopathological incidental finding after thyroid surgery for an apparent benign …

Objective To assess how ultrasonography can contribute during the evaluation of a thyroid
nodule and whether this technique can have a role in predicting malignant involvement …

Background: Traditional teaching demonstrated that solitary thyroid nodules were more
likely to be malignant. Newer studies show that there is no clear answer regarding the …

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BACKGROUND. Thyroid nodules are common incidental findings on CT. Existing …

Background Whether a threshold nodule size should prompt diagnostic thyroidectomy
remains controversial. We examined a consecutive series of patients who all had …

Objective To investigate the clinical efficacy of ultrasonographic (US) classification of
additional thyroid nodules coexisting with proven papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) …

4 specific clinical risk factors are present) and should be guided more by sonographic than
dimensional criteria. Hypoechoic appearance in conjunction with intranodular vascular …

Background Current data regarding the risk of malignancy in a large thyroid nodule with
benign fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) is conflicting. We investigated the impact of …