Wenxing Guo
Wenxing Guo
The Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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Long Tan
Long Tan
The Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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Shuyao Dong
Shuyao Dong
The Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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Ya Jin
Ya Jin
The Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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Mei Zhu
Mei Zhu
The Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China
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Hongyan Wei
Hongyan Wei
The Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China
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Yanting Chen
Yanting Chen
The Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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Lili Fan
Lili Fan
The Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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Cong Du
Cong Du
The Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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Wanqi Zhang
Wanqi Zhang
The Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
The Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China
Tianjin Key Laboratory of Environment, Nutrition and Public Health, Tianjin, China
Center for International Collaborative Research on Environment, Nutrition and Public Health, Tianjin, China
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The Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China
Tianjin Key Laboratory of Environment, Nutrition and Public Health, Tianjin, China
Center for International Collaborative Research on Environment, Nutrition and Public Health, Tianjin, China
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prevalence and thyroid abnormalities on ultrasound analysis [ 2 ]. Goitre is a functional biomarker that can be applied to assessing iodine status in individuals and populations [ 3 ]. The definition of goitre needs reliable volumetric data from local iodine
Bülent Öcal
Bülent Öcal
Department of Otolaryngology, Ministry of Health Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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Mehmet Hakan Korkmaz
Mehmet Hakan Korkmaz
Department of Otolaryngology, Yıldırım Beyazıt University Medical School, Ankara, Turkey
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Demet Yılmazer
Demet Yılmazer
Department of Pathology, Ministry of Health Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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Tuğba Taşkın Türkmenoğlu
Tuğba Taşkın Türkmenoğlu
Department of Pathology, Ministry of Health Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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Ömer Bayır
Ömer Bayır
Department of Otolaryngology, Ministry of Health Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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Güleser Saylam
Güleser Saylam
Department of Otolaryngology, Ministry of Health Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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Emel Çadallı Tatar
Emel Çadallı Tatar
Department of Otolaryngology, Ministry of Health Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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Sevilay Karahan
Sevilay Karahan
Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
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Erman Çakal
Erman Çakal
Department of Endocrinology, Ministry of Health Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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Introduction The estimated prevalence of thyroid nodules in an adult population is 4–7% by palpation and 10–41% by ultrasound (US) scanning [ 1 , 2 ]. The overall malignancy risk, regardless of nodule size, is < 10%, and even smaller nodules
Francesca Orsolini
Francesca Orsolini
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Endocrine Unit, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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Alessandro Prete
Alessandro Prete
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Endocrine Unit, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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Pierpaolo Falcetta
Pierpaolo Falcetta
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Endocrine Unit, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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Domenico Canale
Domenico Canale
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Endocrine Unit, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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Fulvio Basolo
Fulvio Basolo
Department of Surgical, Medical and Molecular Pathology and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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Greta Alì
Greta Alì
Department of Surgical, Medical and Molecular Pathology and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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Francesca Manassero
Francesca Manassero
Division of Urology, Department of Translational Research and of New Surgical and Medical Technologies, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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Paolo Vitti
Paolo Vitti
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Endocrine Unit, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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Rossella Elisei
Rossella Elisei
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Endocrine Unit, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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Eleonora Molinaro
Eleonora Molinaro
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Endocrine Unit, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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, we report the unusual case of a patient with MEN2A syndrome with bilateral testicular metastases from metastatic and advanced MTC, incidentally discovered at ultrasound (US) imaging and histologically confirmed. Case presentation The case was
M Grussendorf
M Grussendorf
Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Düsseldorf, Germany
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I Ruschenburg
I Ruschenburg
MVZ Wagnerstibbe Center for Cytology and Pathology, Einbeck, Germany
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G Brabant
G Brabant
Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Gastroenterology, School of Medical Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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Introduction Inclusion of thyroid ultrasound in the routine diagnostic workup greatly increased the number of thyroid nodules detected ( 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 ). According to epidemiological studies, a prevalence of up to 65% of the adult
Selwan Khamisi
Selwan Khamisi
Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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Peter Lindgren
Peter Lindgren
Women's and Children's Health, University Hospital, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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F. Anders Karlsson
F. Anders Karlsson
Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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give a detailed report of a case of dyshormonogenetic fetal goiter and discuss the management and effects of treatment. Case Report A routine ultrasound examination performed at a maternity clinic in the second trimester of pregnancy
Giovanni Mauri
Giovanni Mauri
Department of Oncology and Hemato-Oncology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
Division of Interventional Radiology, European Institute of Oncology, IRCCS, Milan, Italy
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Division of Interventional Radiology, European Institute of Oncology, IRCCS, Milan, Italy
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Laszlo Hegedüs
Laszlo Hegedüs
Department of Endocrinology, Odense University Hospital, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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Steven Bandula
Steven Bandula
Interventional Oncology Service, University College Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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Roberto Luigi Cazzato
Roberto Luigi Cazzato
Department of Interventional Radiology, University Hospital of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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Agnieszka Czarniecka
Agnieszka Czarniecka
The Oncologic and Reconstructive Surgery Clinic, Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Gliwice Branch, Gliwice, Poland
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Oliver Dudeck
Oliver Dudeck
Center for Microtherapy, Klinik Hirslanden, Zurich, Switzerland
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Laura Fugazzola
Laura Fugazzola
Department of Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy
Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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Romana Netea-Maier
Romana Netea-Maier
Division of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Gilles Russ
Gilles Russ
Thyroid and Endocrine Tumors Unit, La Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital, Sorbonne University, Paris, France
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Göran Wallin
Göran Wallin
Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden
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Enrico Papini
Enrico Papini
Department of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Ospedale Regina Apostolorum, Albano, Italy
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the frequently indolent nature of PTMC and the cost and risk of surgery, active surveillance (AS) and ultrasound (US)-guided minimally invasive treatments (MITs) are proposed as alternative management options to thyroidectomy for selected incidental
Marina Morais
Marina Morais
Endocrine and Cervical Unit, General Surgery Department, São João Medical Center, Porto, Portugal
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João Capela-Costa
João Capela-Costa
Endocrine and Cervical Unit, General Surgery Department, São João Medical Center, Porto, Portugal
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Luís Matos-Lima
Luís Matos-Lima
Endocrine and Cervical Unit, General Surgery Department, São João Medical Center, Porto, Portugal
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José Costa-Maia
José Costa-Maia
Endocrine and Cervical Unit, General Surgery Department, São João Medical Center, Porto, Portugal
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permanent hoarseness, and, if bilateral, could lead to aphonia or life-threatening dyspnea [ 4 ]. Preoperative ultrasound or computed tomography may provide clues about the existence of an NRLN, thus avoiding iatrogenic injury to the nerve [ 5 ]. This
Silvia Turcios
Silvia Turcios
National Institute of Endocrinology, Cuba
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Juan J. Lence-Anta
Juan J. Lence-Anta
Institute of Oncology and Radiobiology, Cuba
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Jose-Luis Santana
Jose-Luis Santana
Institute of Oncology and Radiobiology, Cuba
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Celia M. Pereda
Celia M. Pereda
Institute of Oncology and Radiobiology, Cuba
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Milagros Velasco
Milagros Velasco
Institute of Oncology and Radiobiology, Cuba
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Mae Chappe
Mae Chappe
Institute of Oncology and Radiobiology, Cuba
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Idalmis Infante
Idalmis Infante
Cuban Health Public Ministry, Havana, Cuba
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Marlene Bustillo
Marlene Bustillo
Institute of Oncology and Radiobiology, Cuba
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Anabel García
Anabel García
Institute of Oncology and Radiobiology, Cuba
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Enora Clero
Enora Clero
Radiation Epidemiology Group, Unit 1018-Inserm, France
The Gustave Roussy Cancer Center, France
Paris-Sud University, Villejuif, France
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The Gustave Roussy Cancer Center, France
Paris-Sud University, Villejuif, France
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Stephane Maillard
Stephane Maillard
Radiation Epidemiology Group, Unit 1018-Inserm, France
The Gustave Roussy Cancer Center, France
Paris-Sud University, Villejuif, France
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The Gustave Roussy Cancer Center, France
Paris-Sud University, Villejuif, France
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Regla Rodriguez
Regla Rodriguez
Cuban Health Public Ministry, Havana, Cuba
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Constance Xhaard
Constance Xhaard
Radiation Epidemiology Group, Unit 1018-Inserm, France
The Gustave Roussy Cancer Center, France
Paris-Sud University, Villejuif, France
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The Gustave Roussy Cancer Center, France
Paris-Sud University, Villejuif, France
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Yan Ren
Yan Ren
Radiation Epidemiology Group, Unit 1018-Inserm, France
The Gustave Roussy Cancer Center, France
Paris-Sud University, Villejuif, France
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The Gustave Roussy Cancer Center, France
Paris-Sud University, Villejuif, France
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Carole Rubino
Carole Rubino
Radiation Epidemiology Group, Unit 1018-Inserm, France
The Gustave Roussy Cancer Center, France
Paris-Sud University, Villejuif, France
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The Gustave Roussy Cancer Center, France
Paris-Sud University, Villejuif, France
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Rosa M. Ortiz
Rosa M. Ortiz
Institute of Oncology and Radiobiology, Cuba
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Florent de Vathaire
Florent de Vathaire
Radiation Epidemiology Group, Unit 1018-Inserm, France
The Gustave Roussy Cancer Center, France
Paris-Sud University, Villejuif, France
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Paris-Sud University, Villejuif, France
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with thyroid cancer risk in a case-control study [ 12 ]. Thyroid volume was measured by ultrasound in half of the controls of the case-control study in order to understand the relationship between the determinants of thyroid volume and those of the
Taha Yusuf Kuzan
Taha Yusuf Kuzan
Department of Radiology, Sancaktepe Sehit Prof. Dr. Ilhan Varank Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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Ceren Canbey Goret
Ceren Canbey Goret
Department of Surgical Pathology, Sancaktepe Sehit Prof. Dr. Ilhan Varank Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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Introduction Nodule development is a commonly seen entity in the thyroid gland, and 4–7% of the adult population has a palpable thyroid nodule [ 1 ]. With imaging modalities, especially the widespread use of ultrasound
Marek Niedziela
Marek Niedziela
Department of Pediatric Endocrinology and Rheumatology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
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Nelly Sabbaghian
Nelly Sabbaghian
Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Québec, Canada
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Leanne de Kock
Leanne de Kock
Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Québec, Canada
Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, Québec, Canada
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William D. Foulkes
William D. Foulkes
Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Québec, Canada
Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, Québec, Canada
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Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, Québec, Canada
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and follow-up of ectopic intrathyroidal thymic tissue can be performed noninvasively by thyroid ultrasound. Ectopic juvenile intrathyroidal thymus presents as a solid and hypoechogenic area, with regular and sharp margins and no blood flow on power
