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Share on Pinterest Design by MNT; Photography by Tatsiana Volkava/Getty Images & Mnahi Bin ... doctors using a probe and an ultrasound scan to shrink the nodule with an electrical current.

A thyroid ultrasound involves using sound waves to obtain an image of the nodule. The test is fast and noninvasive. Elastography or ultrasound elastography can be used as well. This test is used ...

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 ...

Between January 1998 and June 2001, 2080 UG-FNAB of thyroid nodules were carried out at ... A 10 MHz linear probe was used for ultrasound (US) examination. After adequate US examination, UG ...