Risk of Malignancy in Thyroid Incidentalomas Detected by 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography: A Systematic Review

KK Soelberg, SJ Bonnema, TH Brix, L Hegedüs - Thyroid, 2012 - liebertpub.com
Background: The expanding use of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography
(18F-FDG PET) has led to the identification of increasing numbers of patients with an …

Serum TSH and risk of papillary thyroid cancer in nodular thyroid disease

E Fiore, P Vitti - The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Context: TSH is the main factor involved in the control of proliferation of thyrocytes. Recently,
a strong relationship between serum TSH and risk of thyroid malignancy has been reported …

Symptomatic benign thyroid nodules: efficacy of additional radiofrequency ablation treatment session—prospective randomized study

JY Huh, JH Baek, H Choi, JK Kim, JH Lee - Radiology, 2012 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To prospectively evaluate the efficacy of additional radiofrequency (RF) ablation by
comparing the results of one and two sessions. Materials and Methods All patients gave …

Thyroid nodules treated with percutaneous radiofrequency thermal ablation: a comparative study

A Faggiano, V Ramundo, AP Assanti… - The Journal of …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Purpose: Percutaneous radiofrequency thermal ablation (RTA) was reported as an effective
tool for the management of thyroid nodules (TNs). The aim of this study was to investigate …

Interobserver agreement and intraobserver reproducibility in thyroid ultrasound elastography

DJ Lim, S Luo, MH Kim, SH Ko… - American Journal of …, 2012 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. The objective of this study was to evaluate interobserver agreement and
intraobserver reproducibility in thyroid ultrasound elastography. SUBJECTS AND …

Thyroid nodule management: clinical, ultrasound and cytopathological parameters for predicting malignancy

FFR Maia, DE Zantut-Wittmann - Clinics, 2012 - SciELO Brasil
Although fine-needle aspiration cytology is considered to be the reference method for
evaluating thyroid nodules, the results are inaccurate in approximately 10-30% of cases …

[PDF][PDF] Down-regulation of microRNAs controlling tumourigenic factors in follicular thyroid carcinoma

M Rossing, R Borup, R Henao, O Winther… - Journal of molecular …, 2012 - academia.edu
The molecular determinants of thyroid follicular nodules are incompletely understood and
assessment of malignancy is a diagnostic challenge. Since microRNA (miRNA) analyses …

[HTML][HTML] Euthyroid goiter with and without nodules—diagnosis and treatment

D Führer, A Bockisch, KW Schmid - Deutsches Ärzteblatt …, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Thyroid enlargement and thyroid nodules are common in the general
population. This review concerns their proper diagnostic assessment and treatment …

Approach to and treatment of goiters

G Medeiros-Neto, RY Camargo… - Medical …, 2012 - medical.theclinics.com
Simple and nodular goiters are common and geographically widespread conditions. Since
remote times, goiter has been described as an enlargement of the neck, and a pictorial …

Prestimulation with recombinant human thyrotropin (rhTSH) improves the long-term outcome of radioiodine therapy for multinodular nontoxic goiter

S Fast, VE Nielsen, P Grupe… - The Journal of …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Objective: The objective of the study was to evaluate the long-term outcome of recombinant
human TSH (rhTSH)-augmented radioiodine (131I) therapy for benign multinodular nontoxic …