ArticleJournal of the Endocrine Society2020
Prevalence of Thyroid Incidentalomas from 1995 to 2016: A Single-Center, Retrospective Cohort Study.
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- Neck Ultrasound in Older Adults With Thyroid Nodules: Considering Risk of Death From Other Causes.Endocrine practice : official journal of the American College of Endocrinology and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists · 2025Article
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- Natural history and long-term follow-up of incidental thyroid nodules on CT imaging.The British journal of radiology · 2025Article
- Differences and analogies in thyroid cancer discovered incidentally or by thyroid related screening: A multicenter study.European thyroid journal · 2025Article
- The clinical significance and burden of thyroid nodules discovered incidentally.Irish journal of medical science · 2025Observational
- A Systematic Review of Natural Language Processing Methods and Applications in Thyroidology.Mayo Clinic proceedings. Digital health · 2024Article
- Mortality among papillary thyroid cancer patients by detection route: a hospital-based retrospective cohort study.European thyroid journal · 2023Article
- Thyroid Incidentalomas in Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19: A Single-Center Retrospective Analysis.Journal of the Endocrine Society · 2023Article
- Clinical, cytological and ultrasonographic features of incidental thyroid cancer in a hospital-based study in vietnam.Endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism · 2023Article
- Incidentalomas in the head & neck.The British journal of radiology · 2023Review
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- Incidental findings associated with magnetic resonance imaging of the brachial plexus.The British journal of radiology · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundIncidental detection of thyroid nodules on nonthyroid imaging may contribute to increased diagnosis of thyroid cancer. We investigated the prevalence of thyroid incidentalomas across imaging modalities among a predominately male veteran population.
methodsThyroid nodules were identified on nonthyroid-directed radiology reports using natural language processing. All reports from 1995 to 2016 for chest computed tomography (CT), carotid ultrasound (US), and neck magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) were reviewed. Individuals with multiple studies were included at their initial study and duplicates removed.
resultsA total of 25 763 carotid US, 23 526 chest CTs with contrast, 39 262 noncontrast chest CTs, and 9503 MRIs were reviewed. With duplicates removed, 14 642 carotid US, 12 923 chest CTs with contrast, 17 416 noncontrast chest CTs, and 6926 MRIs were included. Mean age was 66.2 years and 1834 were female (3.53%). Thyroid nodules were reported on 0.84% carotid US, 3.45% MRIs, 5.84% chest CTs with contrast, and 5.14% noncontrast chest CTs. Women had a higher rate of thyroid nodules on MRI (6.46% vs 3.20%,
conclusionsThyroid incidentalomas are commonly reported, are more common among women, and increase with age. The rate of reported incidental thyroid nodules is increasing, likely contributing to the increase in thyroid cancer.
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