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ea0041ep1094 | Thyroid cancer | ECE2016

Thyroid nodule ultrasound: which indication for FNA? a prospective study

Riganti Fabrizio , Bonelli Nadia , Rossetto Ruth , Pacchioni Donatella , Viberti Laura , Maccario Mauro , Ghigo Ezio , Garberoglio Roberto

Introduction: Thyroid nodules are discovered by ultrasound (US) in a large percentage of population. In most cases they are benign and asymptomatic. When to perform or not a fine-needle-aspiration (FNA) is still matter of debate. Aim of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of a easy-to-use US classification, based on three US classes.Methods: We prospectively evaluated US features of 1118 thyroid nodules, allocating each nodule in one of three class...