SynthesisInternational journal of clinical practice2022
Accuracy of Ultrasound Diagnosis of Benign and Malignant Thyroid Nodules: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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- Impact of Diffusion-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging Parameters on Diagnostic Accuracy for Thyroid Nodules: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI · 2026Pooled it
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- Advances in Optical and Fluorescence Imaging for Surgical Management of Thyroid Cancer.Cancers · 2026Review
- Conventional ultrasound combined with contrast-enhanced ultrasound for differentiating benign and malignant thyroid nodules.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2026Article
- Is hemithyroidectomy enough? Low risk of occult contralateral disease in sporadic medullary thyroid cancer.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2026Article
- The FT4/FT3 ratio combined with thyroglobulin and parathyroid hormone for distinguishing benign from malignant thyroid nodules: a retrospective study based on histopathological diagnosis.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Percutaneous core needle biopsy guided by ultrasound: a narrative review.Journal of ultrasound · 2025Review
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- ELTIRADS framework for thyroid nodule classification integrating elastography, TIRADS, and radiomics with interpretable machine learning.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The correlation between the ultrasound examination parameters and the pathological characteristics of papillary thyroid carcinomas.Pakistan journal of medical sciences · 2025Article
- Utility of diffusion tensor imaging in differentiating benign from malignant thyroid nodules.The neuroradiology journal · 2024Article
- Diagnostic value of an interpretable machine learning model based on clinical ultrasound features for follicular thyroid carcinoma.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2024Article
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Abstract
Background: Distinguishing between benign and malignant thyroid nodules remains difficult. Ultrasound has been established as a non-invasive and relatively simple imaging technique for thyroid nodules. This study aimed to assess the diagnostic accuracy of conventional ultrasound and ultrasound elastography for the differentiation between benign and malignant thyroid nodules by meta-analyzing published studies. Methods: Literature was retrieved from the PubMed and Embase databases from inception to May 31, 2022. The literature was screened using inclusion and exclusion criteria. The Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies (QUADAS2) scale was used to assess the quality of the included literature. Publication bias of the included studies was assessed by Deek's funnel plot. Heterogeneity tests were performed using Cochrane Results: Finally, 9 articles were included. The meta-analysis showed that the combined sensitivity and specificity of ultrasound for the diagnosis of thyroid nodules were 0.88 [95% CI (0.83-0.91)] and 0.86 [95% CI (0.79-0.90)], respectively. The area under the curve (AUC) of the summary receiver operating characteristic curve (SROC) was 0.92 [95% CI (0.90-0.94)]. There was no significant publication bias in this study.
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