Proportion of Malignancy and Evaluation of Sonographic Features of Thyroid Nodules Classified As Highly Suspicious Using ACR TI-RADS Criteria.
Najia HussainMichael B GoldsteinMariam ZakherDouglas S KatzTamar C BrandlerShahidul IslamGary D RothbergerPublished in: Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (2022)
The rate of malignancy of TR5 nodules at our institution was 21.1%, which is lower than other malignancy rates reported in the literature. The total number of points assigned on the basis of the TI-RADS criteria was positively associated with malignancy, which indicates that TR5 should be viewed as a spectrum of risk.
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