Open AccessPre-operative diagnosis of thyroid cancer: Clinical, radiological and pathological correlation
Author(s) -
Lydia Cairncross,
Eugenio Panieri
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
south african journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.157
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 2078-5151
pISSN - 0038-2361
DOI - 10.7196/sajs.1261
Subject(s) - medicine , radiology , thyroid , thyroid cancer , thyroid carcinoma , fine needle aspiration , biopsy , medullary cavity , histopathology , medullary carcinoma , carcinoma , pathology
Ultrasonography and fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) are the mainstays of diagnosing thyroid cancer accurately and reducing the number of diagnostic lobectomies. No benchmark for diagnostic accuracy has been published in the South African context. This single-institution study addresses this deficit.
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