Reappraising the role of thyroid scintigraphy in the era of TIRADS: A clinically-oriented viewpoint. in Endocrine / Endocrine. 2024 Sep;85(3):1035-1040. doi: 10.1007/s12020-024-03825-0. Epub 2024 Apr 16.

2024
AO Ordine Mauriziano

Tipo pubblicazione

Review

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Trimboli P
Servizio di Endocrinologia e Diabetologia, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale (EOC), Lugano, Switzerland. pierpaolo.trimboli@eoc.ch.
Bojunga J
Facoltà di Scienze Biomediche, Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI), Lugano, Switzerland. pierpaolo.trimboli@eoc.ch.
Deandrea M
Department of Medicine I, Goethe University Hospital, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

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Abstract

Thyroid nodules (TNs) are a common entity, with the majority being benign. Therefore, employing an accurate rule-out strategy in clinical practice is essential. In the thyroid field, the current era is significantly marked by the worldwide diffusion of ultrasound (US)-based malignancy risk stratification systems of TN, usually reported as Thyroid Imaging Reporting And Data System (TIRADS). With the advent of US (and later TIRADS), the role of thyroid scintigraphy (TS) in clinical practice has gradually diminished. The authors of the present paper believe that the role of TS should be reappraised, also considering its essential role in detecting autonomously functioning thyroid nodules and its limited contribution to detecting thyroid cancers. Thus, this document aims to furnish endocrinologists, radiologists, surgeons, and nuclear medicine physicians with practical information to appropriately use TS.

Accesso banca dati bibliografica

PMID : 38625504

DOI : 10.1007/s12020-024-03825-0

Keywords

Thyroid Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging; Thyroid Gland/diagnostic imaging; Radionuclide Imaging/methods; Thyroid Nodule/diagnostic imaging; Humans; Ultrasonography/methods;