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 ...

Elastography or ultrasound elastography can be used as well. This test is used to measure the elasticity and stiffness of thyroid nodules, as well as their response to pressure. A scintiscan ...

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.

The thyroid gland produces two thyroid hormones, triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4), and releases them as needed by the body. The hypothalamus and the pituitary gland help control the thyroid ...

Usually, the evaluation of thyroid nodules is relied on ultrasound and Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology (FNAC) which is a procedure wherein a fine needle extracts a sample of cells from the nodule ...

Here, Dr. Noureldine discusses thyroid ablation ... at the end of it. Under ultrasound guidance, the needle is inserted into that functional or large benign nodule or that small cancer.

Between January 1998 and June 2001, 2080 UG-FNAB of thyroid nodules were carried out ... (20 cases), compressive symptoms and/or large nodule size (>3 cm) (58 cases) and were included in this ...