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SUBMITTER: Floridi C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6755949 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Floridi Chiara C Cellina Michaela M Buccimazza Giorgio G Arrichiello Antonio A Sacrini Andrea A Arrigoni Francesco F Pompili Giovanni G Barile Antonio A Carrafiello Gianpaolo G
Gland surgery 20190901 Suppl 3
Assessing the risk of malignancy in the thyroid with ultrasound (US) is crucial in patients with nodules, as it can aid in selecting those who should have a fine-needle aspiration (FNA) biopsy performed. Many studies have examined whether the US characteristics of thyroid nodules are useful indicators of histological malignancy. Overall, these investigations have identified a few US features that are significantly more frequent in malignant thyroid nodules which can be coalesced into a defining ...[more]