Open AccessCan preoperative modified systemic inflammation score (mSIS) be used to predict malignancy in persistent nondiagnostic thyroid nodules?
Author(s) -
Hakan Ataş,
Birol Körüklüoğlu,
Bülent Çomçalı,
Neşe Yakşi,
Barış Saylam,
Mesut Tez
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
turkish journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 1303-6165
pISSN - 1300-0144
DOI - 10.3906/sag-2011-177
Subject(s) - medicine , malignancy , thyroid nodules , thyroid , thyroidectomy , thyroid cancer , total thyroidectomy , gastroenterology , nuclear medicine , radiology
Despite the use of ultrasound guidance, a significant part of thyroid biopsies are nondiagnostic (ND). We aimed to investigate the utility of the preoperative modified systemic inflammation score (mSIS) to predict malignancies in patients with persistent ND thyroid nodules (TNs).