INTRIDUCTION The reported prevalence of chronic autoimmune thyroiditis associated with differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) is heterogeneous.The aim of this study was to evaluate some epidemiological, clinical, sonographical and histological features of operated thyroidnodules with background diffuse autoimmune thyroiditis. MATERIAL AND METHODS The study included 411 cases with Hashimoto's thy...

Nodules have been reported to be present in 50% of thyroids in autopsy series.1 Aminority of these thyroidnodules arepalpable, leaving a broad opportunity for discovery of incidental thyroid nodules through imaging tests performed for other indications, including carotid ultrasound and chest computed tomography. Indeed, detection of asymptomatic thyroid nodules as incidental findings on radiolo...

BACKGROUND/AIM Microcalcifications are generally accepted as highly specific for thyroid malignancy, especially for papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). The aim of this study was to determine the significance of microcalcification within nodules that were classified as being of “indeterminate cytology” (IC) according to fine-needle aspiration biopsy. MATERIALS AND METHODS Patients w...