Evaluating thyroid nodules: predicting and selecting malignant nodules for fine-needle aspiration (FNA) cytology

OBJECTIVE: To form and assess a set of diagnostic ultrasound criteria to select malignant nodules for fine-needle aspiration (FNA) cytology and reduce number of FNA biopsies. METHODS: In this prospective observational service evaluation study, 171 thyroid nodules that underwent FNA cytology were ind...

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Autores principales: Lingam, Ravi Kumar, Qarib, Mohammad Haroon, Tolley, Neil Samuel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3781256/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23712566
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13244-013-0256-6

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3781256/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23712566
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13244-013-0256-6

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