Open AccessReal-Time Elastosonography: Useful Tool for Refining the Presurgical Diagnosis in Thyroid Nodules with Indeterminate or Nondiagnostic Cytology
Author(s) -
Teresa Rago,
Maria Scutari,
Ferruccio Santini,
Valeria Loiacono,
Paolo Piaggi,
G. Di Coscio,
Fulvio Basolo,
Piero Berti,
Aldo Pinchera,
Paolo Vitti
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206
H-Index - 353
eISSN - 1945-7197
pISSN - 0021-972X
DOI - 10.1210/jc.2010-0901
Subject(s) - indeterminate , thyroid nodules , medicine , cytology , benignity , malignancy , radiology , thyroidectomy , thyroid , pathology , mathematics , pure mathematics
Indeterminate and nondiagnostic patterns represent the main limitation of fine-needle aspiration (FNA) cytology of thyroid nodules, clinical and echographic features being poorly predictive of malignancy. The newly developed real-time ultrasound elastography (USE) has been previously applied to differentiate malignant from benign lesions. The aim of this study was to get further insights into the role of USE in the presurgical diagnosis of nodules with indeterminate or nondiagnostic cytology.
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