The role of ultrasound findings in the management of thyroid nodules with atypia or follicular lesions of undetermined significance

• Published in: Clinical endocrinology (Oxford) Vol. 80; no. 5; pp. 735 - 742
• Main Authors: Yoo, Won Sang, Choi, Hoon Sung, Cho, Sun Wook, Moon, Jae Hoon, Kim, Kyung Won, Park, Hyo Jin, Park, So Yeon, Choi, Sang Il, Choi, Sung Hee, Lim, Soo, Yi, Ka Hee, Park, Do Joon, Jang, Hak Chul, Park, Young Joo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.05.2014; Blackwell; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Adenocarcinoma, Follicular - diagnosis; Adenocarcinoma, Follicular - diagnostic imaging; Adult; Aged; Biological and medical sciences; Biopsy, Fine-Needle; Endocrinopathies; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Multivariate Analysis; Non tumoral diseases. Target tissue resistance. Benign neoplasms; Predictive Value of Tests; Retrospective Studies; Thyroid Neoplasms - diagnosis; Thyroid Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Thyroid Nodule - diagnosis; Thyroid Nodule - diagnostic imaging; Thyroid. Thyroid axis (diseases); Ultrasonography; Vertebrates: endocrinology; Endocrinopathy; Sonography; Ovary; Treatment; Female genital system; Thyroid diseases; Thyroid nodule; Lesion; Ovarian follicle; Ultrasound; Endocrinology

Summary Background Atypia or follicular lesions of undetermined significance (AUS/FLUS) is a broad cytological category in the Bethesda system for classifying thyroid cytology. This study investigated the diagnostic accuracy of ultrasound (US) analysis of thyroid nodules with AUS/FLUS. Patients and...