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US-guided Fine-Needle Aspiration of Thyroid Nodules: Indications, Techniques, Results

Authors
 Min Jung Kim  ;  Eun-Kyung Kim  ;  Sung Il Park  ;  Byung Moon Kim  ;  Jin Young Kwak  ;  Soo Jin Kim  ;  Ji Hyun Youk  ;  Sung Hee Park 
Citation
 RADIOGRAPHICS, Vol.28(7) : 1869-1887, 2008 
Journal Title
RADIOGRAPHICS
ISSN
 0271-5333 
Issue Date
2008
MeSH
Aged ; Aged, 80 and over ; Biopsy, Fine-Needle/methods* ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Surgery, Computer-Assisted/methods* ; Thyroid Nodule/diagnostic imaging* ; Thyroid Nodule/pathology* ; Ultrasonography, Interventional/methods*
Keywords
Aged ; Aged, 80 and over ; Biopsy, Fine-Needle/methods* ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Surgery, Computer-Assisted/methods* ; Thyroid Nodule/diagnostic imaging* ; Thyroid Nodule/pathology* ; Ultrasonography, Interventional/methods*
Abstract
Fine-needle aspiration (FNA) biopsy of thyroid nodules is minimally invasive and safe and is usually performed on an outpatient basis. However, the optimal application of FNA requires not only technical skill but also an awareness of the limitations of the procedure, the indications for its use, the factors that affect the adequacy of the biopsy specimen, and the postprocedural management strategy. Ultrasonographic (US) features that are considered indications for FNA include single and multiple thyroid nodules. The results of FNA biopsy are operator dependent. In addition, the results may be affected by the lesion characteristics, the accuracy of lesion and needle localization, the method of guidance, the number of aspirated samples, the needle gauge, the aspiration technique, and the presence or absence of on-site facilities for immediate cytologic examination. With regard to postprocedural management, nodules that are diagnosed as benign on the basis of an adequate FNA specimen should be monitored with follow-up US. Circumstances that necessitate repeat FNA include sample inadequacy, nodule enlargement, cyst recurrence, or clinical or imaging findings that arouse suspicion about the presence of a malignancy even when cytologic findings in the biopsy specimen indicate benignity. Supplemental material available at radiographics.rsnajnls.org/cgi/content/full/28/7/1869/DC1.
Full Text
http://pubs.rsna.org/doi/abs/10.1148/rg.287085033
DOI
10.1148/rg.287085033
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1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Radiology (영상의학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
Yonsei Authors
Kwak, Jin Young(곽진영) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6212-1495
Kim, Min Jung(김민정) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4949-1237
Kim, Byung Moon(김병문) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8593-6841
Kim, Soo Jin(김수진)
Kim, Eun-Kyung(김은경) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3368-5013
Youk, Ji Hyun(육지현) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7787-780X
URI
https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/107785
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