Is ultrasonographically detected nodule diameter concordant with pathological tumor size?

Bilginer, MUHAMMET; ÖZDEMİR, DİDEM; Baser, Husniye; Dogan, Hayriye; YALÇIN, ABDUSSAMED; ERSOY, REYHAN; ÇAKIR, BANU

doi:10.1016/j.ijsu.2017.04.054

Is ultrasonographically detected nodule diameter concordant with pathological tumor size?

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Bilginer M. C., ÖZDEMİR D., Baser H., Dogan H. T., YALÇIN A., ERSOY R., ...More

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SURGERY, vol.42, pp.95-102, 2017 (SCI-Expanded)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 42
Publication Date: 2017
Doi Number: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2017.04.054
Journal Name: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SURGERY
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Page Numbers: pp.95-102
Keywords: Differentiated thyroid cancer, Ultrasonography diameter, Tumor size, Percentage difference, THYROID-NODULES, ULTRASOUND, DISCREPANCY
Karadeniz Technical University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Introduction: We aimed to compare preoperative ultrasonographical and postoperative histopathological diameters of differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) lesions and investigate possible factors that can predict the discordance between two measurements.