title: Magnetic resonance imaging of thyroid swellings.
abstract: The preoperative diagnosis of some thyroid neoplasms remains difficult even with the routine use of fine-needle aspiration cytology. The potential of nuclear magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to discriminate between different thyroid pathologies was explored prospectively and compared with the final pathology in a series of 37 patients. MRI yielded high-quality images of the thyroid swelling but did not provide additional information to differentiate benign from neoplastic lesions. MRI does not contribute to the routine management of thyroid swellings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, UK.
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Bagley
authors.forename: S W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Ewen
authors.forename: F W
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Z H
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Krukowski
mesh_terms: D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006042:Goiter / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013959:Thyroid Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology