Risk stratification of thyroid nodules on ultrasonography with the French TI-RADS: description and reflections.
The widespread use of ultrasonography places it in a key position for use in the risk stratification of thyroid nodules. The French proposal is a five-tier system, our version of a thyroid imaging reporting and database system (TI-RADS), which includes a standardized vocabulary and report and a quantified risk assessment. It allows the selection of the nodules that should be referred for fine-needle aspiration biopsies. Effort should be directed towards merging the different risk stratification systems utilized around the world and testing this unified system with multi-center studies.
Thyroid and Endocrine Tumor Unit, Department of Nuclear Medicine, La Pitié Salpêtrière Hospital, Pierre and Marie Curie University, Paris VI,France.
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Risk assessment; Thyroid nodule; Ultrasonography