title: [The solitary thyroid nodule. Diagnostic and therapeutic problems].
abstract: The records of 93 patients who underwent surgery for solitary thyroid nodule were reviewed. It is emphasized no findings or diagnostic studies currently available which are sufficiently specific to differentiate benign from malignant lesions. All solitary nodules should be removed by excision of the involved thyroid lobe followed pathological examination: operative complications are rare.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006044:Goiter, Nodular / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000473:pathology; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013965:Thyroidectomy
vernacular_title: Il nodulo solitario della tiroide. Problemi diagnostici e terapeutici.