However, isoechoic/hyperechoic nodules can be aggressive, poorly differentiated thyroid cancers as illustrated by this patient. In a group of 30 poorly differentiated thyroid cancers, the mean age ...

Her thyroid ultrasound revealed a heterogeneous, hypoechoic and hypervascular thyroid gland (Figure 1) with an 8-mm hyperechoic left mid-lobe nodule (Figures 2A and 2B). Biopsy was not performed ...

To evaluate how well the ATA classification system for suspicious thyroid nodules would work for medullary thyroid ... 83% were hyperechoic, 70% had irregular margins, 33% were taller than ...

ACR TI-RADS assigns points to thyroid nodules based on five features — composition, echogenicity, shape, margin, and echogenic focus — and the nodules are then classed as benign, not ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Nodules -- a type of abnormality detected by ultrasound -- are extremely common in the thyroid gland. Up to two-thirds of adults have nodules in this gland, and most are benign ...

MAYWOOD, IL - A Loyola Medicine study has found that new ultrasound guidelines can reliably identify pediatric patients who should be biopsied for thyroid cancer. The study by radiologist Jennifer ...

‌Hyperechoic. This term means "lots of echoes." These areas bounce back many sound waves. They appear as light gray on the ultrasound. ... But only about 5% of thyroid nodules are cancerous.