Protocolo diagnóstico y terapéutico del nódulo tiroideo
- Roldán Caballero, P.
- Vílchez López, Francisco Javier
- Vallejos Roca, E.
- Martínez Parra, D.
ISSN: 0304-5412
Year of publication: 2012
Issue Title: Enfermedades endocrinológicas y metabólicas: patología del tiroides
Series: 11
Issue: 14
Pages: 836-839
Type: Article
More publications in: Medicine: Programa de Formación Médica Continuada Acreditado
Abstract
The thyroid nodule is a common clinical entity and, in most cases, benign. The clinical importance of evaluation lies mainly in the screening for thyroid cancer, which is present at 4.0 to 6.5% of thyroid nodules. The clinical and ultrasonographic thyroid nodule can guide us about the benign / malignant lesion, but not conclusive. Thanks to the cytological diagnosis obtained by fine needle aspiration (FNA) can establish with some certainty, the most successful therapeutic procedure.