Concordance between thyroid nodule sizes measured by ultrasound and gross pathology examination: effect on patient management.
Diagn Cytopathol
; 35(9): 579-83, 2007 Sep.
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| ID: mdl-17703450
ABSTRACT
Ultrasound examination (US) is an essential tool in the evaluation of thyroid nodules. The size determined by US is used to distinguish between clinical vs. nonclinical thyroid nodules i.e. greater than or equal to or less than 1 cm. In this study, we evaluated the concordance between the sizes of thyroid nodules measured by US and by gross examination after thyroidectomy. This study included 664 nodules that underwent fine-needle aspiration (FNA) and subsequent excision in 621 patients; 580 had single and 41 patients had multiple (39 with 2, and 2 with 3 nodules) nodules. Both US and gross pathology measurements were taken in three dimensions. The nodule sizes as measured by US were stratified into five groups A
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Nódulo Tiroideo
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Diagn Cytopathol
Asunto de la revista:
PATOLOGIA
Año:
2007
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos