title: [Diagnosis of thyroid nodules].
abstract: The basic features of the most common endocrine pathology, the thyroid nodule are analysed. After a brief assessment of the incidence of the condition the problem of clinical and instrumental diagnosis is tackled with the aim of demonstrating the value and possibility of sub-clinical diagnosis of micronodules. The present work aims to identify the fastest, most efficient and cheapest diagnostic procedure.
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005843:Geography; D006044:Goiter, Nodular / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D013959:Thyroid Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Sulla diagnostica del nodulo tiroideo.