Thyroid incidentalomas - Prevalence, diagnosis, significance, and management

Authors
Burguera, B Gharib, H
Citation
B. Burguera et H. Gharib, Thyroid incidentalomas - Prevalence, diagnosis, significance, and management, END METAB C, 29(1), 2000, pp. 187
Citations number
58
Categorie Soggetti
Endocrynology, Metabolism & Nutrition","Endocrinology, Nutrition & Metabolism
Journal title
ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA
ISSN journal
08898529 → ACNP
Volume
29
Issue
1
Year of publication
2000
Database
ISI
SICI code
0889-8529(200003)29:1<187:TI-PDS>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
The article explains how advances in diagnostic imaging have influenced the prevalence of thyroid nodules; describes the diagnosis and clinical signif icance of benign and malignant thyroid incidentalomas; reviews the potentia l for malignancy of incidentalomas, and the concept of "aberrant thyroid ca ncer;" and outlines a management strategy using an evidence-based approach.