Abstract:Background:Thyroid nodules are exceedingly common, leading to costly interventions for many lesions that ultimately prove benign. Therefore, a reliable, noninvasive method to identify which nodules warrant fine needle aspiration and/or follow-up on the basis of a reasonable likelihood of malignancy is highly desirable. American College of Radiology (ACR) created a standard terminology (lexicon) to describe all thyroid nodules on sonography and standardized TI-RADS risk-stratification system to identify nodules… Show more
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