ea0049ep1479 | Thyroid (non-cancer) | ECE2017
Barbosa Berta
, da Costa Moreira
, Valente Vitor
, Borges Fatima
, Carvalho Andre
Objective: The recommendations for action in a Bethesda category III are to repeat the cytology or to perform molecular tests, and if these are inconclusive, surveillance or surgical indication may be maintained, depending on the risk factors, ultrasound characteristics of the nodule and patient preference. In case of category IV of Bethesda, the recommendation is the surgery. The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of age, gender and nodule size on the incidenc...