Accuracy of Ultrasound Elastastography in Thyroid Nodular Disease.
Aims:
Primary aim: to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of elastography in thyroid nodules from a
low-risk of thyroid cancer population.
Secondary aim: to evaluate the usefulness of elastography to detect carcinomas in thyroid
nodules with indeterminate FNA.
Patient selection:
Inclusion criteria:
- Age > 18 yr.
- Recruitment in Endocrinology Clinics.
- Nodular goiter.
- Multinodular goiter with dominant nodule > 1 cm.
Exclusion criteria:
- Toxic nodules
- Non-accessible nodules to US or FNA
- Cystic nodules
- Nodules with calcifications in egg rind
- Contraindication for FNA
Observational
Observational Model: Case Control, Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional
Diagnostic accuracy of elastography for thyroid cancer
Sensitivity, specifity, predictive values
1 day
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Alfonso Vidal-Casariego, MD
Principal Investigator
Complejo Asistencial de León
Spain: Ministry of Health
TNUS122009
NCT01102127
February 2010
September 2010
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