Is ultrasonographically detected nodule diameter concordant with pathological tumor size?

Bilginer, Muhammet; Ozdemir, Didem; Baser, HÜSNİYE; Dogan, Hayriye; Yalcin, Abdussamed; Ersoy, Reyhan; Cakir, BEKİR

doi:10.1016/j.ijsu.2017.04.054

Is ultrasonographically detected nodule diameter concordant with pathological tumor size?

Bilginer M. C., Ozdemir D., Baser H., Dogan H. T., Yalcin A., Ersoy R., ...More

International journal of surgery (London, England), vol.42, pp.95-102, 2017 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 42
Publication Date: 2017
Doi Number: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2017.04.054
Journal Name: International journal of surgery (London, England)
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Page Numbers: pp.95-102
Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University Affiliated: Yes

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.