Are Bethesda III Thyroid Nodules More Aggressive than Bethesda IV Thyroid Nodules When Found to Be Malignant?
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Ultrasound is helpful to differentiate Bethesda class III thyroid nodules
BACKGROUND Fine-needle aspiration (FNA) is the most dependable tool to triage thyroid nodules for medical or surgical management. However, Bethesda class III cytology, namely "follicular lesion of undetermined significance" (FLUS) or "atypia of undetermined significance" (AUS), is a major limitation of the US-FNA in assessing thyroid nodules. As the most important imaging method, ultrasound (US...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cancers
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2072-6694
DOI: 10.3390/cancers12092563