Benign and Malignant Thyroid Nodules: US Differentiation—Multicenter Retrospective Study

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Authors

Won‐Jin Moon · Sungkyunkwan University

So Lyung Jung · St. Mary's Hospital

Jeong Hyun Lee · University of Ulsan

Dong Gyu Na · Seoul National University

Jung Hwan Baek · St. Mary’s Hospital

Young Hen Lee · Korea University

Jinna Kim ·

Abstract

Shape, margin, echogenicity, and presence of calcification are helpful criteria for the discrimination of malignant from benign nodules; the diagnostic accuracy of US criteria is dependent on tumor size.

Topics & Keywords

Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Head and Neck Anomalies Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Radiology

Volume 247, Issue 3, pp. 762-770

DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2473070944

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