The use of core needle biopsy as first-line in diagnosis of thyroid nodules reduces false negative and inconclusive data reported by fine-needle aspiration

BACKGROUND: The reported reliability of core needle biopsy (CNB) is high in assessing thyroid nodules after inconclusive fine-needle aspiration (FNA) attempts. However, first-line use of CNB for nodules considered at risk by ultrasonography (US) has yet to be studied. The aim of this study were: 1)...

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Main Authors: Trimboli, Pierpaolo, Nasrollah, Naim, Guidobaldi, Leo, Taccogna, Silvia, Cicciarella Modica, Davide Domenico, Amendola, Stefano, Romanelli, Francesco, Lenzi, Andrea, Nigri, Giuseppe, Centanni, Marco, Giovanella, Luca, Valabrega, Stefano, Crescenzi, Anna
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2014
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3987871/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24661377
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7819-12-61
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