A thyroglobulin antibody (TgAb) test looks for certain antibodies that attack the thyroid. The presence of TbAb in high levels may indicate that someone has an autoimmune condition. To conduct a ...

You don’t need to be particular about goitrogens if you have hypothyroidism due to: Thyroidectomy—a surgical procedure done to treat thyroid cancer or to remove a goiter or nodules Radioactive iodine ...

Nodules are growths on part of the body. They can be hard or fluid-filled. Thyroid nodules are usually benign, but they can be cancerous tumors. Sometimes a nodule is examined with imaging and/or ...

Abstract: To address the issue of inaccurate segmentation caused by blurred edges and strong noise in thyroid nodule ultrasound images, an image segmentation method based on an improved Swin ...

On the basis of the stored multimodal ultrasound images, two experienced physicians analyzed and recorded the relevant characteristics of the thyroid nodules, including nodule size, echo, shape, ...

Thyroid nodules initially diagnosed on fine ... hence it should only be considered for young adults having nodules with ultrasound-suspicious characteristics,” reported the authors in the ...

Thyroid nodules are common and their prevalence increases with age. Most nodules are non-cancerous but 5-10% could be cancerous and can be successfully treated, if diagnosed early. The nodules are ...

Thyroid 2019; 29: 1080–1088. Brito JP, Gionfriddo MR, Al Nofal A, et al. The accuracy of thyroid nodule ultrasound to predict thyroid cancer: systematic review and meta-analysis. J Clin Endocrinol ...

Methods: The clinical and ultrasound features of fibrous pseudotumor of the tunica vaginalis diagnosed by pathology in West China Hospital of Sichuan University from 2006 to 2023 were retrospectively ...

A thin needle, less than one millimetre in diameter, is inserted into the target thyroid nodule under ultrasound guidance. Laser treatments are performed through the needle, and the amount of energy ...