Ultrasonography scoring systems can rule out malignancy in cytologically indeterminate thyroid nodules.

Giorgio GraniLivia LamartinaValeria AscoliDaniela BoscoFrancesco NardiFerdinando D'AmbrosioAntonello RubiniLaura GiacomelliMarco BiffoniSebastiano FilettiCosimo DuranteVito Cantisani

Published in: Endocrine (2016)

With stringent negativity cut-offs, American Thyroid Association and Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data System assessment of cytologically indeterminate thyroid nodules allows high-confidence exclusion of malignancy.

Keyphrases

high resolution
fine needle aspiration
magnetic resonance imaging
electronic health record
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adverse drug
emergency department
computed tomography
mass spectrometry
machine learning
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photodynamic therapy
ultrasound guided