title: Thyroid calcifications: a pictorial essay.
abstract: Incidental diagnosis of thyroid nodules is very common on adult neck ultrasonography examination. Thyroid calcifications are encountered in benign thyroid nodules and goiters as well as in thyroid malignancy. Depiction and characterization of such calcifications within a thyroid nodule may be a key element in the thyroid nodule diagnosis algorithm. The goal of this paper is to display typical radio-pathological correlations of various thyroid pathologies of benign and malignant conditions in which the calcification type diagnosis can play a key role in the final diagnosis of the thyroid nodule.
authors.affiliation: Centre d'Imagerie Médicale, 47 Boulevard du Pont Rouge, 15000, Aurillac, France.
authors.forename: Alexis
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lacout
authors.affiliation: Centre de Pathologie, 23 Avenue de la République, 15000, Aurillac, France.
authors.forename: Carole
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chevenet
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Antoine Lacassagne Cancer Research Institute, 33 Avenue Valombrose, 06189, Nice Cedex 1, France.
authors.forename: Juliette
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Thariat
authors.affiliation: Polyclinique les Fleurs, Service Imagerie Médicale, 332 Avenue Frederic Mistral, 83190, Ollioule, France.
authors.forename: Pierre Yves
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Marcy
mesh_terms: D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014463:Ultrasonography
keywords: Thyroid cancer; calcifications; macrocalcifications; microcalcifications; ultrasonography