This test is used in the diagnostic evaluation of a thyroid mass (also known as a nodule) or when there's a suspicion of ...

Fine-needle aspiration biopsy of the thyroid nodule is a procedure in which a small sample of cells is obtained from a thyroid nodule with the aid of a thin needle under ultrasound guidance.

Objective: Conventional fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) for cystic thyroid nodules (CTNs) has a high rate of nondiagnostic and false-negative results. Ultrasound-guided FNAB (UG-FNAB ...

Background: Widespread use of ultrasound to assess thyroid ... nodules being identified. Although many of these nodules are benign, malignancy cannot be excluded without further testing by fine ...

The book provides the reader essential information on how to 1) distinguish between normal and abnormal thyroid sonograms, 2) differentiate low suspicion for malignancy thyroid nodules from ...

Thyroid nodule biopsy Your doctor may test a very tiny ... Fluid in cysts may be removed by your doctor or a specialist using a fine needle. Ablation. Your doctor might use heat or an alcohol ...

Another test called an uptake scan can be done at the same time to see how well your thyroid gland is working.A thyroid ultrasound to see the number and size of nodules. You may have a fine-needle ...

Partial thyroidectomy involves the surgical removal of one lobe of the thyroid ... of thyroid nodules with symptoms of hyperthyroidism and suspicion of thyroid carcinoma after fine-needle ...

Researchers at the University of Colorado School of Medicine are hopeful new research could prevent up to 130,000 unneeded fine-needle ... a thyroid nodule that currently requires biopsy.