Evaluation of 67Ga-citrate Scan for Nonfunctional Thyroid Nodule
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Evaluation of the thyroid nodule.
Thyroid nodules are very common in the general population. The prevalence of palpable thyroid nodules is only approximately 4–7%, but the prevalence of ultrasound-detectable nodules is between 19 and 67% [1]. Twenty to forty-eight percent of patients with apparently solitary thyroid nodules palpated on physical exam will have additional sonographically detectable nodules [2, 3]. Thyroid nodules...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: RADIOISOTOPES
سال: 1977
ISSN: 1884-4111,0033-8303
DOI: 10.3769/radioisotopes.26.2_109