Background: Thyroid nodules are a common clinical problem, and differentiated thyroid
cancer is becoming increasingly prevalent. Since the American Thyroid Association's …

The rate of detection of thyroid nodules and carcinomas has increased with the widespread
use of ultrasonography (US), which is the mainstay for the detection and risk stratification of …

Background: Thyroid nodules are a common clinical problem, and differentiated thyroid
cancer is becoming increasingly prevalent. Since the American Thyroid Association's …

갑상선결절은 매우 흔한 질환으로, 그 임상적 중요성은 결절의 일부 (7-15%) 가 갑상선암이라는
사실에 근거한다. 2000 년대 들어 고해상도 초음파 기기가 임상에서 널리 쓰이게 되면서 전 …

Background: One possible result of fine-needle aspiration (FNA) in patients with thyroid
nodules is “follicular lesion of undetermined significance”(FLUS) or “atypia of undetermined …

Indeterminate thyroid cytology (Bethesda III and IV) corresponds to follicular-patterned
benign and malignant lesions, which are particularly difficult to differentiate on cytology …

Background: The malignancy risk of a cytology diagnosis may depend on the
ultrasonography (US) patterns of thyroid nodules, and management should be determined …

Noninvasive differentiating thyroid follicular adenoma from carcinoma preoperatively is of
great clinical value to decrease the risks resulted from excessive surgery for patients with …

Background This study was designed to evaluate the feasibility and the role of thyroid
ultrasound (US) in predicting malignancy for Bethesda system III nodules and to suggest …

Abstract Purpose The Bethesda classification for cytology is used to classify thyroid nodules
into one of six categories, and for each category there is an implied cancer risk and also …