A Practical Score Model for Detecting Malignant Thyroid Nodules by Using Ultrasonographic Findings

A Practical Score Model for Detecting Malignant Thyroid Nodules by Using Ultrasonographic Findings

About 10% of thyroid nodule Fine Needle Aspirations (FNAs) are reported indeterminate, and this number is much higher in Iran. All of these patients undergo thyroid surgery, whereas, only about 20% of them are malignant and they did not need surgery. Therefore, we decided to evaluate the ultrasonog...

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Main Authors: Nassim Sodagari, Mehdi Jafari, Shirzad Nasiri, Behnam Molavi, Aidin Yaghoobi Notash, Ali Mir, Anooshiravan Hedayat, Abolfazl Shojaiefard, Ali Ghorbani Abdehgah, Mohammad Taghi Raouf, Shakiba Mosadegh, Ahmadreza Soroush
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2018-08-01
Series:Acta Medica Iranica
Subjects:
Malignant thyroid nodule
Ultrasonographic factures
Practical model
Online Access:https://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/view/6675

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