Journal Reviews

Using evidence and international consensus to guide treatment of thyroid nodules

1 October 2018 | | Head and Neck | fine-needle aspiration (FNA) biopsy, imaging features, thyroid nodule, ultrasound, well differentiated thyroid carcinoma

The authors of this practical review paper highlight a growing issue within thyroid surgery, where high-quality ultrasound has increased the detection of subclinical nodules: what do we do with the patient presenting with an ‘incidental’ thyroid nodule? This has both...

The rise of AI in the head and neck clinic

1 July 2018 | | 2015 American Thyroid Association management guideline, Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data System, artificial intelligence, computer-aided diagnosis system, thyroid nodules, ultrasound

There has been a huge focus in recent months on the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) in all aspects of modern life, and the head and neck clinic is no exception it appears. This paper builds on previous work to...

Risk of malignancy in non-diagnostic thyroid FNACs

1 March 2017 | | FNA, diagnostic, thyroid cancer, thyroid nodule

Thyroid nodules are present in between 21-68% of the general population. The evaluation of these nodules to exclude thyroid carcinoma includes fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) and a non-diagnostic cytology result occurs between 8-20% of the time. This retrospective cohort study...