A thyroid ultrasound is a safe, painless procedure that uses sound waves to examine the thyroid gland. It can be used to help ...

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 ...

proved to be equally effective in reducing thyroid nodule size. Financial Disclosure: This work was supported by grants of Ministero della Salute and of MURST (COFIN 2004) to S Filetti.

Thyroid RFA is a minimally invasive medical procedure that treats thyroid nodules. Using ultrasound-guided imaging, the nodule is located, allowing the treatment to focus solely on the targeted ...

Fine-needle aspiration biopsy of the thyroid nodule is a procedure in which a small sample of cells is obtained from a thyroid nodule with the aid of a thin needle under ultrasound guidance.