Purpose: The aim of this prospective study was to evaluate the significance of sonographically detected thyroid calcifications in the diagnosis of thyroid cancer.
Methods: One hundred eighty-eight patients with thyroid disease, including 37 with thyroid cancer, were included in the study. Each patient underwent preoperative, high-resolution sonography to evaluate the thyroid gland for the presence of calcifications.
Cancer Detect Prev
February 1997
To assess the accuracy and predictive value of fine-needle aspiration (FNA) cytology and Tru-Cut needle biopsy of palpable breast lesions, we studied 215 aspirates obtained from 209 patients and 120 tissue-core biopsies taken from 109 patients. The FNA and Tru-Cut findings have been grouped as benign, malignant, suspicious, and nondiagnostic. Histologic confirmation was obtained in 103 aspirated and 102 biopsied cases.
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