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- Thyroid Incidentalomas in Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19: A Single-Center Retrospective Analysis.Journal of the Endocrine Society · 2023Article
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Abstract
Background: The rising demand for Objectives: We aimed at exploring the extent of potential overdiagnostics by performing a systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature on the prevalence, the risk of malignancy (ROM) and the risk of inconclusive FNAC (ROIF) of focal thyroid incidentalomas (FTI) on Data Sources: A literature search in MEDLINE, Embase and Web of Science was performed to identify relevant studies. Study Selection: Studies providing information on the prevalence and/or ROM of FTI on Data Analysis: A random effects meta-analysis on prevalence, ROM and ROIF with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) was performed. Heterogeneity and publication bias were tested. Risk of bias was assessed using the quality assessment of diagnostic accuracy studies (QUADAS-2) tool. Data Synthesis: Fifty studies were suitable for prevalence analysis. In total, 12,943 FTI were identified in 640,616 patients. The pooled prevalence was 2.22% (95% CI = 1.90% - 2.54%, I Limitations: The main limitations were the low to moderate methodological quality of the studies and the moderate to high heterogeneity of the results. Conclusion: FTI are a common finding on
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