Thyroid calcifications: a pictorial essay. Issue 4 (18th February 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lacout, Alexis; Chevenet, Carole; Thariat, Juliette; Marcy, Pierre Yves
• Is Part Of: Journal of clinical ultrasound. Volume 44:Issue 4(2016:May)
• Page Start: 245
• Page End: 251
• Publication Date: 2016-02-18
• Subjects: Thyroid cancer -- microcalcifications -- macrocalcifications -- calcifications -- ultrasonography; Ultrasonics in medicine -- Periodicals; 616.07543
• DOI: 10.1002/jcu.22345
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0091-2751

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Incidental diagnosis of thyroid nodules is very common on adult neck ultrasonography examination. Thyroid calcifications are encountered in benign thyroid nodules and goiters as well as in thyroid malignancy. Depiction and characterization of such calcifications within a thyroid nodule may be a key element in the thyroid nodule diagnosis algorithm. The goal of this paper is to display typical radio‐pathological correlations of various thyroid pathologies of benign and malignant conditions in which the calcification type diagnosis can play a key role in the final diagnosis of the thyroid nodule. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound 44 :245–251, 2016