Publications by authors named "Stefano Fucili"
Objective: The purpose of this study was to correlate the presence and patterns of distribution of B-flow imaging (BFI) twinkling signs within thyroid nodules with the histologic evidence of microcalcifications and the results of the sonographically guided fine-needle aspiration to establish their role in predicting the risk of malignancy.
Methods: Between September 2006 and December 2007, 343 consecutive patients with 479 suspected nodules (maximum diameter > 9 mm) were enrolled in this prospective study. Sonographic and BFI examinations were performed with a commercially available real-time sonography system, and all patients also underwent a cytologic evaluation.
Background: Microcalcifications (aggregated with psammoma bodies), detected by ultrasound (US), are the most specific feature of papillary thyroid cancer (PTC). Using B-flow imaging (BFI), we identified a new sign (the twinkling sign; BFI-TS) in 'suspect' PTC nodules, which appeared to be generated by microcalcifications.
Objective: To evaluate whether the BFI-TS was predictive of malignancy, we correlated the BFI-TS with the results of fine needle aspiration cytology and histology.