Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Real-time elastography (RTE) was reported to improve the diagnostic accuracy of B-mode ultrasound (US) examination of thyroid nodules but the results on selected series of patients are still controversial.Aim of the study: To blindly evaluate on a consecutive series of solid thyroid nodules, devoid of confounding factors, the diagnostic accuracy of RTE and to compare it with the traditional B-mode features.Materials and...