PREOPERATIVE ASSESSMENT OF THYROID NODULES: ROLE OF ULTRASONOGRAPHY AND FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY FOLLOWED BY CYTOLOGY

To evaluate the preoperative assessment of thyroid nodules using ultrasound studies and cytology of nodular aspirates. 2,468 patients with thyroid nodules were examined from 1999 to 2005. All patients were clinically examined and underwent ultrasonography followed by fine-needle aspiration biopsy (F...

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Veröffentlicht in:Clinics (São Paulo, Brazil) Brazil), 2007-08, Vol.62 (4), p.411-418
Hauptverfasser: Camargo, Rosalinda YA, Tomimori, Eduardo K, Knobel, Meyer, Medeiros-Neto, Geraldo
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