• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제14권8호
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• pp.4689-4692
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• 2013

Ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) is a costly diagnostic item with a low yield in identifying the tiny proportion of nodules that actually represent malignant disease. Our aim through this study was to obtain an ultrasound (US) score for selecting subcentimeter-sized thyroid nodules requiring FNAB in eastern China. Some 248 patients for a total of 270 thyroid nodules less than 1 cm in diameter underwent FNAB and subsequent surgery from January 2006 to March 2012 at our hospital. The clinicopathological and US data from all the nodules were analyzed retrospectively. An US score was developed on the basis of independent predictive factors for malignancy. Irregular shape, hypoechogenicity, no well-defined margin, presence of calcifications and ratio between antero-posterior and transversal diameters (AP/TR) ${\geq}1$ were independent predictive factors for malignancy on logistic regression analysis. US score were statistically significant, with ${\leq}2$ favoring benignancy with an 80.3% sensitivity and a 72.7% specificity. US score is useful for differentiating between malignant and benign subcentimeter-sized thyroid nodules. We suggest FNAB for nodules when the US score is higher than 2.

• 한국방사선학회논문지
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.227-234
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• 2017

본 연구는 갑상샘 탄성초음파에서 탄성도 점수와 변형비를 이용한 방법이 양성과 악성결절의 감별진단에 유용한지를 평가하였다. 탄성초음파를 시행한 597명을 대상으로 하였으며, 세침흡인세포검사 결과를 바탕으로 후향적인 분석을 하였다. 갑상샘 결절의 양성과 악성에 따른 5단계의 탄성도 점수와 변형비의 차이분석은 카이제곱검정과 Mann-Whitney U test를 실시하였다. ROC 곡선분석을 통해 악성결절의 예측을 위한 탄성도 점수와 변형비의 최적의 cut off 값을 결정하였다. 양성과 악성결절 군의 분류에 따른 탄성도 점수의 동질성 비교와 변형비의 차이검증 결과에서 각각 통계적으로 유의한 차이를 보였으며(p=0.000), ROC 곡선분석에서 양성과 악성결절의 예측을 위한 탄성도 점수와 변형비의 AUC 0.842, 0.700, cut-off 값 3, 2.49로 결정되었다(p=0.001). 따라서 탄성도 점수와 변형비는 갑상샘 결절의 감별진단에 도움을 줄 수 있을 것이다.

• Korean Journal of Radiology
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• 제22권9호
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• pp.1579-1586
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• 2021

Objective: To evaluate the diagnostic performance of the modified Korean Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data System (K-TIRADS), and compare it with the 2016 version of K-TIRADS using the Thyroid Imaging Network of Korea. Materials and Methods: Between June and September 2015, 5708 thyroid nodules (≥ 1.0 cm) from 5081 consecutive patients who had undergone thyroid ultrasonography at 26 institutions were retrospectively evaluated. We used a biopsy size threshold of 2 cm for K-TIRADS 3 and 1 cm for K-TIRADS 4 (modified K-TIRADS 1) or 1.5 cm for K-TIRADS 4 (modified K-TIRADS 3). The modified K-TIRADS 2 subcategorized the K-TIRADS 4 into 4A and 4B, and the cutoff sizes for the biopsies were defined as 1 cm for K-TIRADS 4B and 1.5 cm for K-TIRADS 4A. The diagnostic performance and the rate of unnecessary biopsies of the modified K-TIRADS for detecting malignancy were compared with those of the 2016 K-TIRAD, which were stratified by nodule size (with a threshold of 2 cm). Results: A total of 1111 malignant nodules and 4597 benign nodules were included. The sensitivity, specificity, and unnecessary biopsy rate of the benign nodules were 94.9%, 24.4%, and 60.9% for the 2016 K-TIRADS; 91.0%, 39.7%, and 48.6% for the modified K-TIRADS 1; 84.9%, 45.9%, and 43.5% for the modified K-TIRADS 2; and 76.1%, 50.2%, and 40.1% for the modified K-TIRADS 3. For small nodules (1-2 cm), the diagnostic sensitivity of the modified K-TIRADS decreased by 5.2-25.6% and the rate of unnecessary biopsies reduced by 19.2-32.8% compared with those of the 2016 K-TIRADS (p < 0.001). For large nodules (> 2 cm), the modified K-TIRADSs maintained a very high sensitivity for detecting malignancy (98%). Conclusion: The modified K-TIRADSs significantly reduced the rate of unnecessary biopsies for small (1-2 cm) nodules while maintaining a very high sensitivity for malignancy for large (> 2 cm) nodules.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.290-297
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• 2016

본 연구는 직장건강검진 수검자의 갑상샘 초음파 검사에서 발견된 결절 중 1 cm 보다 큰 결절이거나 초음파상 악성을 시사하는 경우의 세침흡인세포검사 결과를 1군으로, 결절의 크기와 상관없이 초음파상 악성을 시사하는 경우의 세침흡인세포검사 결과를 2군으로 나누어 세침흡인세포검사가 필요한 결절 양상에 대해 비교 분석하였다. 1군에서 15.8%가 악성이었고 2군에서는 28%에서 악성으로 나왔다. 악성을 시사하는 소견은 양성과 악성 간의 통계학적으로 유의한 차이가 있었고 결절의 크기가 1 cm 이상이지만 고위험 인자를 동반하지 않으면서 초음파검사 결과 스폰지(spongiform) 형태 소견을 보일 때에는 거의 대부분 양성이므로 세침흡인세포검사가 불필요하다고 사료되었다. 이러한 초음파 소견의 의미는 갑상샘 결절에 대한 세침흡인세포검사가 필요한지 여부를 결정하는데 중요한 근거가 된다. 현재 갑상샘 결절에 대한 세침흡인세포검사 시행은 결절의 크기가 1 cm 이상이면 스폰지 형태라도 환자의 불안감에 편승하여 행하여지는 경우가 흔하다. 그러나 양성과 악성 결절을 감별하는데 있어서 갑상샘 초음파 소견을 정확히 숙지한다면 불필요한 세침흡인세포검사를 줄일 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• 대한두경부종양학회지
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.106-111
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• 1992

Ten patients with $H\"{u}rthle$ cell tumor of the thyroid gland from Dec. 1987 to Sep. 1992 were reviewed to delinate an acceptable policy of treatment. Patients varied from age 23 years to 66 and consisted of nine females and one male, most of whom had an asymptomatic solitary cold nodule. Four patients had benign neoplasm and six patients had malignant neoplasm proven by capsular or vascular invasion or nodal metastasis. Associated thyroid lesions occurred in five patients, three adenomatous goiter, one Graves' disease and one follicular cell carcinoma. Surgery consisting of lobectomy and isthmectomy in four patients, bilateral subtotal thyroidectomy in one patients, total thyroidectomy in five patients. Lymph node dissection was not performed. Only one patient was experienced transient hypocalcemia. The period of observation varied from 15 to 58 months(mean, 30.5 months). Although our case was small and short follow up period, there were no recurrences or deaths. We suggested early aggressive surgical approach was appropriate because of lower recurrence rate and fewer operation, high bilateralism, lower surgical complication.

• Korean Journal of Radiology
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.103-112
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• 2024

Objective: To investigate the association of ultrasound (US) features of follicular thyroid carcinoma (FTC) with tumor invasiveness and prognosis based on the World Health Organization (WHO) classification and telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) promoter mutations. Materials and Methods: This retrospective study included 54 surgically confirmed FTC patients with US images and TERT promoter mutations (41 females and 13 males; median age [interquartile range], 40 years [30-51 years]). The WHO classification consisted of minimally invasive (MI), encapsulated angioinvasive (EA), and widely invasive (WI) FTCs. Alternative classifications included Group 1 (MI-FTC and EA-FTC with wild type TERT), Group 2 (WI-FTC with wild type TERT), and Group 3 (EA-FTC and WI-FTC with mutant TERT). Each nodule was categorized according to the US patterns of the Korean Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data System (K-TIRADS) and American College of Radiology-TIRADS (ACR-TIRADS). The Jonckheere-Terpstra and Cochran-Armitage tests were used for statistical analysis. Results: Among 54 patients, 29 (53.7%) had MI-FTC, 16 (29.6%) had EA-FTC, and nine (16.7%) had WI-FTC. In both the classifications, lobulation, irregular margins, and final assessment categories showed significant differences (all Ps ≤ 0.04). Furthermore, the incidences of lobulation, irregular margin, and high suspicion category tended to increase with increasing tumor invasiveness and worse prognosis (all Ps for trend ≤ 0.006). In the WHO groups, hypoechogenicity differed significantly among the groups (P = 0.01) and tended to increase in proportion as tumor invasiveness increased (P for trend = 0.02). In the alternative group, punctate echogenic foci were associated with prognosis (P = 0.03, P for trend = 0.03). Conclusion: Increasing tumor invasiveness and worsening prognosis in FTC based on the WHO classification and TERT promoter mutation results were positively correlated with US features that indicate malignant probability according to both K-TIRADS and ACR-TIRADS.

• Korean Journal of Radiology
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.280-288
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• 2022

Objective: To compare core needle biopsy (CNB) and repeat fine-needle aspiration (rFNA) to reduce the rate of diagnostic surgery and prevent unnecessary surgery in nodules initially diagnosed as atypia/follicular lesions of undetermined significance (AUS/FLUS). Materials and Methods: This study included 231 consecutive patients (150 female and 81 male; mean age ± standard deviation, 51.9 ± 11.7 years) with 235 thyroid nodules (≥ 1 cm) initially diagnosed as AUS/FLUS, who later underwent both rFNA and CNB. The nodules that required diagnostic surgery after the biopsy were defined using three different scenarios according to the rFNA and CNB results: criterion 1, surgery for low-risk indeterminate (categories I and III); criterion 2, surgery for high-risk indeterminate (categories IV and V); and criterion 3, surgery for all indeterminate nodules (categories I, III, IV, and V). We compared the expected rates of diagnostic surgery between CNB and rFNA in all 235 nodules using the three surgical criteria. In addition, the expected rates of unnecessary surgery (i.e., surgery for benign pathology) were compared in a subgroup of 182 nodules with available final diagnoses. Results: CNB showed significantly lower rates of nondiagnostic, AUS/FLUS, and suspicious for malignancy diagnoses (p ≤ 0.016) and higher rates of follicular neoplasm or suspicious for a follicular neoplasm (p < 0.001) and malignant diagnoses (p = 0.031). CNB showed a significantly lower expected rate of diagnostic surgery than rFNA for criterion 1 (29.8% vs. 48.1%, p < 0.001) and criterion 3 (46.4% vs. 55.3%, p = 0.029), and a significantly higher rate for criterion 2 (16.6% vs. 7.2%, p = 0.001). CNB showed a significantly lower expected rate of unnecessary surgery than rFNA for criterion 1 (18.7% vs. 29.7%, p = 0.024). Conclusion: CNB was superior to rFNA in reducing the rates of potential diagnostic surgery and unnecessary surgery for nodules initially diagnosed as AUS/FLUS in a scenario where nodules with low-risk indeterminate results (categories I and III) would undergo surgery.

• Korean Journal of Radiology
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• 제22권12호
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• pp.2094-2123
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• 2021

Incidental thyroid nodules are commonly detected on ultrasonography (US). This has contributed to the rapidly rising incidence of low-risk papillary thyroid carcinoma over the last 20 years. The appropriate diagnosis and management of these patients is based on the risk factors related to the patients as well as the thyroid nodules. The Korean Society of Thyroid Radiology (KSThR) published consensus recommendations for US-based management of thyroid nodules in 2011 and revised them in 2016. These guidelines have been used as the standard guidelines in Korea. However, recent advances in the diagnosis and management of thyroid nodules have necessitated the revision of the original recommendations. The task force of the KSThR has revised the Korean Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data System and recommendations for US lexicon, biopsy criteria, US criteria of extrathyroidal extension, optimal thyroid computed tomography protocol, and US follow-up of thyroid nodules before and after biopsy. The biopsy criteria were revised to reduce unnecessary biopsies for benign nodules while maintaining an appropriate sensitivity for the detection of malignant tumors in small (1-2 cm) thyroid nodules. The goal of these recommendations is to provide the optimal scientific evidence and expert opinion consensus regarding US-based diagnosis and management of thyroid nodules.

• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.149-155
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• 2013

대한갑상선학회는 0.5 cm 보다 큰 경우에만 미세침흡인술을 권고하고 있으나, 본원에서는 0.5 cm 이하의 결절에서도 갑상선 유두암이 많이 발견되고 있다. 이 연구는 건강의학센터에서 미세침흡인술을 시행하여 갑상선 유두암으로 확진된 결절을 토대로 크기에 따른 초음파 특징을 분류해 보고자 한다. 결절의 크기를 장경 0.5 cm 이하, 0.5~1 cm, 1 cm 보다 큰 결절의 세 그룹으로 나누어 각각에서의 악성을 시사하는 초음파 소견에 차이가 있는지 알아보았다. 288개의 악성결절 중 0.5 cm 이하 크기는 21.5 % (62/288), 0.5~1 cm 54.9 % (158/288), 1 cm 보다 큰 결절은 23.6 % (68/288)로 나타났다. 앞뒤가 긴모양의 특징은 0.5 cm 이하 그룹 90.3 % (56/62), 1 cm 보다 큰 그룹 48.5 % (33/68)로 나타나 통계적으로 유의한 차이를 보였다(p<0.001). 0.5 cm이하 그룹에서 well defined smooth 결절은 1예도 없었으며, 침상(spiculated) 혹은 불규칙한 경계는 크기가 클수록 빈도가 증가하였다(p=0.024). 내부에코는 0.5 cm 이하 그룹에서 고에코(hyperechogenicity)와 동에코(isoechogenicity)의 결절은 1예도 없었으며, 각 그룹별로 현저한 저에코(marked hypoechogenicity)보다 저에코(hypoechogenicity)가 많았다(p=0.034). 미세 혹은 거대석회화는 0.5 cm 이하에서 77.4 % (48/62)가 관찰되지 않았으며, 0.5 cm 이하 그룹부터 21.0 % (13/62), 48.1 % (76/158), 64.7 % (44/68)로 결절 크기가 증가할수록 관찰빈도가 증가하였다(p<0.001). 초음파에서 0.5 cm 이하의 결절은 앞뒤가 긴 모양과 침상 혹은 불규칙한 경계, 불분명한 경계를 보였고, 저에코 혹은 현저한 저에코가 많았다. 그러나 미세 혹은 거대석회화는 없는 것이 특징적이었다. 따라서 0.5 cm 이하의 작은 크기의 결절에서 악성을 시사하는 초음파적 특징은 미세침흡인 술이나 추적검사에 대한 유용한 지침을 제공할 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.