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Ultrasonography‐guided fine‐needle aspiration of thyroid incidentaloma: correlation with pathological findings

Clinical Endocrinology · 2003 · Vol. 60(1) · pp. 21–28

Il Seong Nam‐Goong(University of Ulsan)Ha Young KimGyungyub GongHo Kyu LeeSuck Joon Hong(University of Ulsan)Won Bae KimYoung Kee Shong✉

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Abstract

The rate of malignancy in incidentally detected impalpable thyroid nodules was 12% in retrospective analysis of our patients. In this subgroup, 69% (25/36) of patients had either extrathyroidal extension or regional node involvement and 39% had multifocal tumours at surgery. This suggests that the small size alone does not guarantee low risk in incidentally found thyroid cancers. USGFNA is a useful diagnostic method in these patients.

Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment BRCA gene mutations in cancer Thyroid and Parathyroid SurgeryMedicineThyroid nodulesMalignancyRadiologyNodule (geology)Fine-needle aspirationThyroidIncidentalomaThyroid carcinomaThyroid cancer

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AdultAgedCarcinoma, PapillaryDiagnosis, DifferentialFemaleHumansLymphatic MetastasisMaleMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiesThyroid NeoplasmsUltrasonographyChi-Square DistributionThyroid NoduleIncidental Findings

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