… Vitti; for the AACE/AME/ETA Task Force on Thyroid Nodules* … Paolo Vitti reports that
he does not have any relevant financial relationships with any commericial interests. …

Background: Elastography is a newly developed dynamic technique that uses ultrasound (US)
to provide an estimation of tissue stiffness by measuring the degree of distortion under the …

The aim of the present study was to establish the usefulness of conventional thyroid
ultrasonography (US) and color flow-doppler (CFD) sonography in the assessment of ‘cold’ thyroid …

Thyroid nodules are detected in up to 50 to 60% of healthy subjects. Most nodules do not
cause clinically significant symptoms, and as a result, the main challenge in their management …

We carefully assessed thyroid status and goiter by ultrasound in 1411 subjects virtually
representing the entire resident population of Pescopagano, an iodine-deficient village of …

Up to 1992, most European countries used to be moderately to severely iodine deficient. The
present study aimed at evaluating possible changes in the status of iodine nutrition in 12 …

Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma (ATC) is a rare malignancy, accounting for 1–2% of all thyroid
cancers. Although rare, ATC accounts for the majority of deaths from thyroid carcinoma. ATC …

Background: The benefits of prophylactic central compartment lymph node dissection (pCCND)
in papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) are still under investigation. This treatment seems to …

The clinical course of 306 Graves' patients treated with methimazole (MMI) was reviewed
with the aim of establishing criteria able to predict remission of hyperthyroidism after medical …

Thyroid nodules are diagnosed with increasing frequency in clinical practice. The first step
in the management of patients presenting with thyroid nodules is an accurate triage of those …