ea0029p1745 | Thyroid (non-cancer) | ICEECE2012
Pacheco L.
, Rius F.
, Hernandez M.
, Buetas P.
, Matias-Guiu X.
, Mauricio D.
, Maravall F.
Introduction: Nodular thyroid disease is common in the general population, but only 5% of thyroid nodules are carcinomas. The diagnostic challenge is to identify those nodules that are malignant neoplasias. Some sonographic features of nodules have been correlated with the risk of malignancy, but at present, thyroid cytology obtained by ultrasound-guided FNA is probably the best tool in the preoperative management of nodular disease.Design: We designed a...