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The Thyroid Nodule
Author(s) -
Crockett John C.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of ultrasound in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1550-9613
pISSN - 0278-4297
DOI - 10.7863/jum.2011.30.5.685
Subject(s) - medicine , nodule (geology) , thyroid nodules , thyroid , biopsy , aspiration biopsy , radiology , fine needle aspiration , paleontology , biology
The initial portion of this article includes general comments regarding thyroid nodules, reference to 2 recent articles delineating guidelines for management of thyroid nodules, and discussion of several areas of disagreement with these articles and expansion of recommendations in areas not covered by the published guidelines. The main body of the article provides a detailed discussion of our technique for fine‐needle aspiration biopsy of a thyroid nodule.