Bethesda Category III, IV, and V Thyroid Nodules: Can Nodule Size Help Predict Malignancy?

摘要

BACKGROUND: The association of tumor size with malignancy in thyroid nodules with indeterminate cytology (atypia of undetermined significance [AUS]/follicular lesion of undetermined significance [FLUS], suspicious for follicular neoplasm [SFN]/Hurthle cell neoplasm [HCN], and suspicious for malignancy [SM]) has not been clearly studied.