Management of Thyroid nodules in adult patients

Thyroid nodule is a common presentation and requires a structured diagnostic approach to ascertain the risk of malignancy and determine appropriate management. This review article highlights the key points in the history and examination which can help with risk stratification. It also discussed the...

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Autores principales: Eng, Chee Yean, Quraishi, Muhammad S, Bradley, Patrick J
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2877029/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20444279
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1758-3284-2-11
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description Thyroid nodule is a common presentation and requires a structured diagnostic approach to ascertain the risk of malignancy and determine appropriate management. This review article highlights the key points in the history and examination which can help with risk stratification. It also discussed the application of fine needle aspiration cytology findings and the British Thyroid Association Guidelines in clinical practice.
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spelling pubmed-28770292010-05-27 Management of Thyroid nodules in adult patients Eng, Chee Yean Quraishi, Muhammad S Bradley, Patrick J Head Neck Oncol Review Thyroid nodule is a common presentation and requires a structured diagnostic approach to ascertain the risk of malignancy and determine appropriate management. This review article highlights the key points in the history and examination which can help with risk stratification. It also discussed the application of fine needle aspiration cytology findings and the British Thyroid Association Guidelines in clinical practice. BioMed Central 2010-05-05 /pmc/articles/PMC2877029/ /pubmed/20444279 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1758-3284-2-11 Text en Copyright ©2010 Eng et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Management of Thyroid nodules in adult patients
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