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Treatment for thyroid nodules will depend on their type and cause. If a doctor has declared a nodule benign from tests, they will monitor the person closely with physical exams and an ultrasound ...

Usually, the evaluation of thyroid nodules is relied on ultrasound and Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology (FNAC) which is a procedure wherein a fine needle extracts a sample of cells from the nodule ...

Objective: Conventional fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) for cystic thyroid nodules (CTNs) has a high rate of nondiagnostic and false-negative results. Ultrasound-guided FNAB (UG-FNAB ...

Between January 1998 and June 2001, 2080 UG-FNAB of thyroid nodules were carried out at ... A 10 MHz linear probe was used for ultrasound (US) examination. After adequate US examination, UG ...