Nodular Thyroid Disease
| Autor: | Maria T. Rojeski, Hossein Gharib |
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| Rok vydání: | 1985 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Thyroid nodules medicine.medical_specialty Neoplasms Radiation-Induced Goiter Thyroid Gland Physical examination Disease Thyroiditis Diagnosis Differential Biopsy medicine Humans Thyroid Neoplasms Child Medical History Taking Radionuclide Imaging Physical Examination Aged Ultrasonography medicine.diagnostic_test Cysts business.industry Biopsy Needle Age Factors Thyroiditis Autoimmune General Medicine medicine.disease Thyroid Diseases Nodular thyroid disease Radiology business Goiter Nodular |
| Zdroj: | New England Journal of Medicine. 313:428-436 |
| ISSN: | 1533-4406 0028-4793 |
| Popis: | Thyroid nodules continue to be a source of concern to patients, and their management remains a controversy among physicians. Several diagnostic techniques have been proposed to distinguish benign nodules (the majority) from malignant lesions (the minority). The trend in the management of thyroid nodular disease has been to use these diagnostic techniques with increasing frequency. The past decade has seen widespread application of fine-needle aspiration biopsy, new radionuclide scanning agents, and sensitive ultrasonography for diagnosing thyroid nodular disease. The diagnostic techniques used to distinguish benign from malignant nodules, however, vary in reliability. Furthermore, technological improvements have introduced new problems — . . . |
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