title: [Approach to thyroid incidentaloma and follicular adenoma].
abstract: Recently, people are interested in health and many hospitals perform medical examinations flourishingly. They can choose the thyroid ultrasound optionally, too. Accordingly, a lot of thyroid incidentaloma are found. The leaving is not possible if thyroid incidentaloma is found. At first, I describe how we handle thyroid incidentalomas. Secondly, I describe the differential diagnosis of follicular adenoma and follicular carcinoma that we should call the last fort of thyroid medical practice. The latter is in particular a very difficult issue. I examined important articles closely from an enormous article and want to describe the management of these two disorders based on evidence by the present.
authors.affiliation: Tajiri Thyroid Clinic.
authors.forename: Junichi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tajiri
mesh_terms: D018263:Adenocarcinoma, Follicular / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D000236:Adenoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D011878:Radiotherapy; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D013965:Thyroidectomy; D013974:Thyroxine / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D013974:Thyroxine