Research Article: Diagnostic Significance of Ultrasound-Guided Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy and on-Site Assessment by Pathologists for Thyroid Micronodules
Introduction:
The thyroid is one of the largest endocrine glands in the human body and is composed of two connected glandular lobes. Thyroid nodules are common, and most lesions are benign, with thyroid hormone secretion remaining normal. In Chinese adults, the prevalence of thyroid nodules with a diameter of more than mm found by ultrasonography reached .%, of which –% were malignants. The most common pathological type of thyroid cancer is papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), and papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) refers to…
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