Thyroid calcifications: a pictorial essay.
Incidental diagnosis of thyroid nodules is very common on adult neck ultrasonography examination. Thyroid calcifications are encountered in benign thyroid nodules and goiters as well as in thyroid malignancy. Depiction and characterization of such calcifications within a thyroid nodule may be a key element in the thyroid nodule diagnosis algorithm. The goal of this paper is to display typical radio-pathological correlations of various thyroid pathologies of benign and malignant conditions in which the calcification type diagnosis can play a key role in the final diagnosis of the thyroid nodule.
['Lacout|Alexis|A|', 'Chevenet|Carole|C|', 'Thariat|Juliette|J|', 'Marcy|Pierre Yves|PY|']
D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle D002114:Calcinosis D003937:Diagnosis, Differential D013961:Thyroid Gland D014463:Ultrasonography
calcifications ultrasonography Thyroid cancer macrocalcifications microcalcifications