Mixed Echoic Thyroid Nodules on Ultrasound: Approach to Management
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Mixed Echoic Thyroid Nodules on Ultrasound: Approach to Management
PURPOSE To evaluate malignancy risk according to ultrasound (US) features and size change on follow-up US in mixed echoic thyroid nodules and to suggest management guidelines thereof. MATERIALS AND METHODS Among patients who underwent US-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy, 316 mixed echoic nodules in 303 patients were included after excluding the patients with pure solid or cystic nodules o...
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عنوان ژورنال: Yonsei Medical Journal
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0513-5796,1976-2437
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2012.53.4.812