Diagnosis of Thyroid Carcinoma - Dynamic Magnetic Resonance Imaging as a Problem Solver

Authors : Emrah AKAY, Nezahat ERDOĞAN, Engin ULUÇ

Pages : 13-18

Doi:10.33713/egetbd.1209040

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Publication Date : 2023-04-10

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Objective: Comparison of the diagnostic accuracy of dynamic magnetic resonance imaging insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(MRI); with color Doppler US and Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(FNAC); in the differential diagnosis of thyroid carcinoma cases. Materials and methods: Study group comprised 28 women and 6 men and all of them had thyroid hormone disorders in their routine examinations. 38 nodules were examined. After radiologic examinations, FNAC and thyroidectomy were applied. Results: The dynamic MR was found to have the highest sensitivity and specificity between the color-Doppler US, FNAC, and dynamic MR modalities for the diagnosis of carcinoma. In the dynamic MR examination, the difference between the peak-contrast signal intensity values insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p = 0.018); and the minimum-contrast signal intensity values insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p = 0.023); calculated at the p < 0.05 level were statistically significant between the malignant and benign nodules. Conclusions: We consider that the differential diagnosis of thyroid nodules can be made by analyzing the dynamic MRI data. Malignant thyroid nodules show typical time-signal intensity curves, and we believe that dynamic MRI will be valuable for preoperative assessment of the thyroid nodules in certain conditions like radiology–pathology mismatch.
Keywords : dinamik MR, tiroid kanseri, doppler US