BackgroundEvaluation of a thyroid nodule is a common referral seen by surgeons and frequently requires ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (US-guided FNA). While surgical residents may have sufficient exposure to thyroid surgery, many lack exposure to office-based procedures, such as US-guided ...
With an estimated incidence of 62,980 new cases in 2014, thyroid cancer is the fastest growing cancer in the United States.1 Although sonography and fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNA) will define the majority of thyroid nodules as either benign or malignant, 15 to 30 per cent of aspirations...
Thus, some fibroblastic and thyroid tumors in children and some breast and salivary gland carcinomas have a higher incidence of this genomic alteration [91,92]. In contrast, the incidence of NTRK fusions in NS-NSCLC patients is very low, less than 0.01% to 1% depending on the study and ...
According to ATA guidelines, when suspicious nodules are visualized on thyroid ultrasound, FNA biopsy is indicated. US risk stratification system (RSS) was developed to assess the nodules’ character. However, recent studies revealed that US correctly identifies hardly 50% of cases. The reason for ...
MicroRNAs as Biomarkers in Thyroid Carcinoma The recognition of a thyroid nodule entails a complete assessment that includes functional status (based on thyroid-stimulating hormone), a dedicated thyroid US, and fine needle aspiration (FNA), when necessary [5-7]. Ultrasound Risk Categories for Thyroid...
Methods This is a retrospective study that included 395 thyroid nodules categorized as Bethesda III undergone either surgery or ultrasound (US) follow-up. There were 67 nodules classified a second time as Bethesda category III on repeat FNA. We compared malignancy rates, clinicopathologic and ...
There is a difference in CPT coding between PGFNA (CPT 10021) and UGFNA (CPT 10022, which should be paired with CPT 76942 for ultrasound guidance of needle placement). Pathologists, although they are latecomers to this field, are even better suited for the performance of UGFNA; they are ...
2015AmericanThyroidAssociationManagementGuidelines forAdultPatientsWithThyroidNodulesandDifferentiated ThyroidCancer:WhatIsNewandWhatHasChanged? BryanR.Haugen,MD Thyroidnodulesareverycommon,andthyroidcanceriscurrentlythefifthleadingcancerdiagnosisinwomen.TheAmericanThyroid Associationhasledthedevelopmentandrevisionofguidelines...
Instituting Ultrasound-Guided FNA for Thyroid Nodules into a General Surgery Residency Program: What We Learned.doi:10.1016/j.jsurg.2017.09.031James R. DavisAllyson L. HaleJoseph A. EwingJonathan S. LokeyElsevier
The Source(s) of Benign-Appearing Follicular Cells (BAFC) in Fine Needle Thyroid Aspirations (FNA): What Is the Contribution of Extra-Nodular Tissue?Sharleen Sidhu