Managing the solitary thyroid nodule: echography's role.
Improved preoperative thyroid diagnosis and reduction of needless thyroid surgery are achieved by employing gray scale echography in patients whose solitary thyroid nodule is cold on scintillation scanning. It is highly useful in distinguishing solid tissue from a cyst, identifying degenerative changes, guiding needle biopsy, and monitoring changes in a nodule during suppressive therapy.
D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014284:Triiodothyronine; D014463:Ultrasonography
D014284:Triiodothyronine