Open AccessNomogram for the diagnosis of suspected papillary thyroid carcinomas based on sonographic patterns: a retrospective study
Author(s) -
Li Liang,
Jiaheng Xie,
Shulan Li,
Jie Yang,
Dongdong Chen,
Nan Wang,
Zubang Zhou
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
gland surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.643
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 2227-8575
pISSN - 2227-684X
DOI - 10.21037/gs.2019.07.09
Subject(s) - medicine , nomogram , confidence interval , prospective cohort study , odds ratio , thyroid nodules , concordance , echogenicity , thyroid carcinoma , radiology , retrospective cohort study , univariate analysis , multivariate analysis , thyroid , ultrasonography
High resolution ultrasonography (US) is the first choice for diagnosis of thyroid cancer and is based on many sonographic features: composition, echogenicity, margins, calcifications, shape and vascularity. Here, we tried to develop a nomogram to evaluate papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) based on sonographic features.