Indications for Fine Needle Aspiration in Thyroid Nodules

Thyroid nodules are a common clinical problem with the widespread use of ultrasonography. Fine needle aspiration (FNA) is the mainstay for diagnosing a thyroid malignancy. There have been several guidelines on when to perform FNA in thyroid nodules. This review is based on several published recommen...

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Autor principal: Kwak, Jin Young
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Endocrine Society 2013
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3811719/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24396658
http://dx.doi.org/10.3803/EnM.2013.28.2.81
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description Thyroid nodules are a common clinical problem with the widespread use of ultrasonography. Fine needle aspiration (FNA) is the mainstay for diagnosing a thyroid malignancy. There have been several guidelines on when to perform FNA in thyroid nodules. This review is based on several published recommendations and helps physicians easily understand the factors favoring FNA.
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spelling pubmed-38117192014-01-06 Indications for Fine Needle Aspiration in Thyroid Nodules Kwak, Jin Young Endocrinol Metab (Seoul) Review Article Thyroid nodules are a common clinical problem with the widespread use of ultrasonography. Fine needle aspiration (FNA) is the mainstay for diagnosing a thyroid malignancy. There have been several guidelines on when to perform FNA in thyroid nodules. This review is based on several published recommendations and helps physicians easily understand the factors favoring FNA. Korean Endocrine Society 2013-06 2013-06-18 /pmc/articles/PMC3811719/ /pubmed/24396658 http://dx.doi.org/10.3803/EnM.2013.28.2.81 Text en Copyright © 2013 Korean Endocrine Society http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_full_unstemmed Indications for Fine Needle Aspiration in Thyroid Nodules
title_short Indications for Fine Needle Aspiration in Thyroid Nodules
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3811719/
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