Thyroid ultrasound : State of the art. Part 2 - Focal thyroid lesions

Abstract

Accurate differentiation of focal thyroid nodules (FTL) and thyroid abnormalities is pivotal for proper diagnostic and therapeutic work-up. In these two part articles, the role of ultrasound techniques in the characterization of FTL and evaluation of diffuse thyroid diseases is described to expand on the recently published World Federation in Ultrasound and Medicine (WFUMB) thyroid elastography guidelines and review how this guideline fits into a complete thyroid ultrasound exam.

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Keywords

Color Doppler, Contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS), Elastography, Point of care(POC), Thyroid, Ultrasonography, 3.2 Clinical medicine, 1.1. Scientific article indexed in Web of Science and/or Scopus database, Radiological and Ultrasound Technology, Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging, Acoustics and Ultrasonics

Citation

Dighe, M, Barr, R, Bojunga, J, Cantisani, V, Chammas, M C, Cosgrove, D, Cui, X W, Dong, Y, Fenner, F, Radzina, M, Vinayak, S, Xu, J M & Dietrich, C F 2017, 'Thyroid ultrasound : State of the art. Part 2 - Focal thyroid lesions', Medical Ultrasonography, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 195-210. https://doi.org/10.11152/mu-999