Clinical trial · Observational

Elastography and FNAC in Thyroid Nodule

Role of US Elastography Compared With FNAC in Diagnosis of Solitary Thyroid Nodule

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Summary

Brief summary (as posted)

Evaluate the accuracy of USE in comparison with FNAC in characterization of solitary thyroid nodule and assessment the risk of malignancy

Conditions

Conditions (1)

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Condition (as posted)	Mapped entity	Match	Confidence
Thyroid Nodule	—	UNRESOLVED	—

Interventions

Interventions (1)

Intervention	Type	Mapped drug	Match
Ultrasound elastography	Device	—	UNRESOLVED

Design

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Evaluate the accuracy of USE in comparison with FNAC in characterization of solitary thyroid nodule and assessment the risk of malignancy.
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Patients will be scanned with SWE The thyroid gland carefully examined in the transverse and longitudinal dimensions with an 8-12 MHz linear array transducer.

Eligibility

Eligibility (as posted)

Sex: All

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Inclusion Criteria:

* all patients referred to radiology department presented clinically with solitary thyroid nodule .

Exclusion Criteria:

* patients previously underwent thyroid surgery
* patients with severe uncorrectable bleeding diathesis.
* Patients refused to sign consent.

References

Publications (1)

BACKGROUNDFresilli D, David E, Pacini P, Del Gaudio G, Dolcetti V, Lucarelli GT, Di Leo N, Bellini MI, D'Andrea V, Sorrenti S, Mascagni D, Biffoni M, Durante C, Grani G, De Vincentis G, Cantisani V. Thyroid Nodule Characterization: How to Assess the Malignancy Risk. Update of the Literature. Diagnostics (Basel). 2021 Jul 30;11(8):1374. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics11081374. PMID 34441308