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We are pleased to present the latest issue of touchREVIEWS in Endocrinology, which offers a timely and thoughtprovoking collection of articles that reflect both the continuity and evolution of diabetes and metabolic disease research. In an era where technology, public health priorities and clinical paradigms are shifting rapidly, this issue highlights the importance of evidence-based […]

Alan Parsa, MD, ADA 2019 – Ultrasound in the Assessment of Thyroid Nodules

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Published Online: Jun 19th 2019

We are joined by Alan Parsa to discuss the most important advances in the use of ultrasound to assess thyroid nodules and the benefits of this technique in determining malignancy risk.

Filmed at the American Diabetes Association (ADA) annual meeting 2019, San Francisco, USA.

Questions:
1. What are the most important ultrasonographic features for determining the malignancy risk of thyroid nodules? (0:05)
2. How are the major endocrinology societies similar in their classification of malignancy risk of thyroid nodules? (1:21)
3. What are the advantages of the Bethesda System of classification of thyroid nodules? (3:28)
4. What are the benefits of using ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration for determining malignancy risk? (05:20)

Alan Parsa has no conflicts of interest to declare in relation to this video.

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