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Evaluation of thyroid mass

Algorithm for the evaluation of a thyroid mass

Created by the BMJ Knowledge Centre and Dr B.C. Stack Jr (FNA, fine needle aspiration; PTH, parathyroid hormone; TSH, thyroid-stimulating hormone)

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Evaluation of thyroid mass

Ultrasound image of thyroid nodule

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Evaluation of thyroid mass

Nodule sonographic characteristics and threshold size for fine needle aspiration (FNA).

Created by the BMJ Knowledge Centre and Dr B.C. Stack Jr; adapted from Haugen BR et al. Thyroid 2016 Jan;26(1):1-133

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Evaluation of thyroid mass

Iodine uptake scans: typical appearances of absent uptake in thyroiditis (top panel); diffuse increased uptake in Grave’s disease (lower left panel); areas of increased and decreased uptake in toxic multinodular goitre (lower middle panel); single area of increased uptake in a toxic adenoma (lower right panel)

Courtesy of Dr Petros Perros

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Evaluation of thyroid mass

Goiter

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