This is one of the few reports based on actual data of the most suspicious US features in subcentimeter thyroid nodules. A taller-than-wide shape US feature is most significantly associated with malignancy. FNA is a simple, accurate, and reliable preoperative method for diagnosing malignant subcentimeter thyroid nodules with highly suspicious US characteristics. AS was less appropriate than FNA for subcentimeter nodules with a taller-than-wide shape, especially in patients ≤ 45 years of age.
Keyphrases
- fine needle aspiration
- end stage renal disease
- ultrasound guided
- machine learning
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- magnetic resonance imaging
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- emergency department
- patients undergoing
- high resolution
- electronic health record
- big data
- patient reported outcomes
- adverse drug
- data analysis