Open AccessFocal Lymphocytic Thyroiditis Nodules Share the Features of Papillary Thyroid Cancer on Ultrasound
Author(s) -
SeongJu Hwang,
Dong Yeob Shin,
Min Jung Kim,
Woo Ick Yang,
Jung Woo Byun,
Su Jin Lee,
Gyuri Kim,
Soo Jung Im,
Eun Jig Lee
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
yonsei medical journal/yonsei medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.702
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1976-2437
pISSN - 0513-5796
DOI - 10.3349/ymj.2015.56.5.1338
Subject(s) - medicine , thyroid nodules , thyroid cancer , thyroid , papillary thyroid cancer , pathology , thyroiditis , calcification , thyroid peroxidase , biopsy , thyroglobulin , fine needle aspiration , radiology , gastroenterology
It is often difficult to discriminate focal lymphocytic thyroiditis (FLT) or adenomatous hyperplasia (AH) from thyroid cancer if they both have suspicious ultrasound (US) findings. We aimed to make a predictive model of FLT from papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) in suspicious nodules with benign cytologic results.