Endocrine Abstracts

Statement of the problem: Thyroid nodules are one of the most common clinical problems encountered today. Detection of these nodules have been augmented with ultrasonography and fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB). Worldwide, the use of international standards of reporting such as the American Thyroid Association (ATA) Sonographic Pattern Risk Assessment and the Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology have been proven to detect thyroid malignancies. However, ultra...