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Clinical value of CT detection for calcification in thyroid nodules
Long Wan
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Abstract
Objective:To investigate the significance of thyroid calcification in the diagnosis of thyroid carcinoma. Methods:The CT imaging of 284 patients with variant thyroid diseases proved by pathology were reverwed for the presence of calcification,and the correlation between calcification and thyroid carcinoma was analyzed. Results:The total thyroid calcification ratio in CT imaging was 23.9%,which in benign samples was lower than that in malignant samples.There was significant correlation between the number of micro-calcification and thyroid carcinoma,but not between the size of calcification and thyroid carcinoma. Conclusion:Thyroid nodules with calcification especially a number of micro-calcification is considered to be vary valuable in the diagnosis of thyroid carcinoma.