Abstract
Our results suggest that (1) a palpable solitary nodule represents a multinodular gland in about 50% of patients, (2) clinical palpation is less sensitive than thyroid ultrasonography in identifying multiple nodules, and (3) palpation is reliable only if a nodule is at least 1 cm in diameter. We recommend that small, occult (impalpable) thyroid nodules not be considered clinically important; they do not warrant further evaluation unless ultrasonographic features suggest malignancy or the nodule increases in size.
Keywords
PalpationNodule (geology)MedicineThyroid nodulesRadiologyConcordanceThyroidMalignancySolitary pulmonary noduleUltrasonographyPathologyInternal medicineComputed tomography
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- 155
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G. H. Tan
(1995).
Solitary thyroid nodule. Comparison between palpation and ultrasonography.
Archives of Internal Medicine
, 155
(22)
, 2418-2423.
https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.155.22.2418
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- 10.1001/archinte.155.22.2418