Abstract
We investigated the incidence of cancer in surgically resected 151 thyroid nodules
in 101 patients according to their calcification patterns on preoperative ultrasonography
(US). Calcification was detected in 57 (38%) nodules, 31 (54%) of which was histologically
diagnosed as cancer. According to the calcification types, 9 of 11 nodules with microcalcifications,
15 of 29 nodules with intranodular coarse calcification, 6 of 14 nodules with peripheral
calcification and 1 of 3 calcified spots without surrounding tumor were diagnosed
as cancer.
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Article info
Publication history
Accepted:
March 28,
2003
Received in revised form:
March 28,
2003
Received:
March 2,
2003
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© 2004 Elsevier Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
