Protocolo diagnóstico y terapéutico del nódulo tiroideo

  1. Roldán Caballero, P.
  2. Vílchez López, Francisco Javier
  3. Vallejos Roca, E.
  4. Martínez Parra, D.
Aldizkaria:
Medicine: Programa de Formación Médica Continuada Acreditado

ISSN: 0304-5412

Argitalpen urtea: 2012

Zenbakien izenburua: Enfermedades endocrinológicas y metabólicas: patología del tiroides

Saila: 11

Zenbakia: 14

Orrialdeak: 836-839

Mota: Artikulua

DOI: 10.1016/S0304-5412(12)70392-X DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR

Beste argitalpen batzuk: Medicine: Programa de Formación Médica Continuada Acreditado

Laburpena

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.