Prevalence of hyperfunctioning thyroid nodules among those in need of fine needle aspiration cytology according to ATA 2015, EU-TIRADS, and ACR-TIRADS

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
Benjamin NotoPeter Kies

Abstract

Given the large number of patients with thyroid nodules, improvement of the specificity of current ultrasound-based thyroid nodule classification systems (ATA, EU-TIRADS, and ACR-TIRADS) is warranted to reduce the number of diagnostic thyroidectomies. Thyroid scintigraphy has been shown to demonstrate hyperfunctional nodules, associated with a low malignancy risk, in euthyroid patients. However, it is not known if thyroid scintigraphy could improve specificity of current classification systems. The aim of this study, therefore, was to determine the frequency of hyperfunctional nodules among those nodules in need of fine needle aspiration cytology (FNA) according to current classification systems and to test if nodule functional status is associated with sonographic features. Five hundred sixty-six euthyroid patients (TSH 0.55-4.20 μU/ml) presenting for thyroid nodule workup including thyroid sonography and scintigraphy at our department between 09/2013 and 02/2018 were included in this retrospective study. All nodules > 10 mm were classified according to ATA, EU-TIRADS, and ACR-TIRADS and correlated to their functional status as assessed by 99mTc-pertechnetate scintigraphy. Ultrasound detected 1029 thyroid nodules ≥ 10 mm, incl...Continue Reading

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