ea0059p208 | Thyroid | SFEBES2018
Ellatif Mostafa
, Idowu Oluwagbemiga
, Khalid Neelam
, Darko Daniel
, Lingam Ravi
, Tran Tan
, Tolley Neil
, Khatri Pushpa
, Muralidhara Koteshwara
Background: The incidence of thyroid cancer is increasing globally mainly due to increased detection of papillary microcarcinoma. The British Thyroid Association (BTA) guideline (2014) recommends the use of U1-U5 classification on ultrasound to assess thyroid cancer risk. U3 nodules have low, but indeterminate risk and therefore need FNAC. This retrospective review analyses the outcome of U3 nodules in an outer London hospital.Methods: Thyroid ultrasound...