Do the calcifications in the thyroid gland predict malignancy?

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Gungor B., Polat A. K., Polat C., Seren D., Erzurumlu K.

BRATISLAVA MEDICAL JOURNAL-BRATISLAVSKE LEKARSKE LISTY, vol.113, no.9, pp.552-555, 2012 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 113 Issue: 9
  • Publication Date: 2012
  • Doi Number: 10.4149/bll_2012_124
  • Journal Name: BRATISLAVA MEDICAL JOURNAL-BRATISLAVSKE LEKARSKE LISTY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.552-555
  • Keywords: calcifications, thyroid gland, malignancy, microcalcifications, malignant thyroid lesions, NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY, DETECTED CALCIFICATION, SONOGRAPHIC CRITERIA, NODULES, ULTRASOUND, CARCINOMA, ULTRASONOGRAPHY, ASSOCIATION, CANCER, RISK
  • Ondokuz Mayıs University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background: The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between calcifications in the thyroid gland and malignant thyroid lesions.