Thyroid nodules are mostly benign lesions within the thyroid, with a small percentage being malignant. The decision for surgery is mainly based on the fine needle aspiration (FNA) cytology report, ...

Pancreatic cysts are fluid-filled sacs that can form in the pancreas. Some remain benign, while others have the potential to develop into pancreatic cancer. A recent study, which followed 257 patients ...

By: Dr Sanjay Agarwal The thyroid gland is one of the most important glands in the body and is primarily responsible for ...

For more than twenty-five years, TSH methods have been able to detect the TSH elevations that are characteristic of primary hypothyroidism. Modern-day TSH methods however, with their enhanced ...

If your healthcare provider suspects that the nodule is cancerous, other tests will be ordered. Elastography or ultrasound elastography can be used as well. This test is used to measure the elasticity ...

Abstract: Thyroid nodule segmentation in ultrasound images is crucial for accurate diagnosis and treatment planning. However, existing methods struggle with segmentation accuracy, interpretability, ...

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 ...

Background: The performance in evaluating thyroid nodules on ultrasound varies across different risk stratification ... Monte Carlo chain number, pre-iterations number, iteration number and step size ...