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Table 1 Clinical and instrumental data on Thy 3 nodules with proven malignancy on histology

From: The use of semi-quantitative ultrasound elastosonography in combination with conventional ultrasonography and contrast-enhanced ultrasonography in the assessment of malignancy risk of thyroid nodules with indeterminate cytology

#

Age (yrs)

Sex

Nodule size (mm)

US (score)

USE (ELX 2/1)

CEUS P index TTP index

Histology (°)

Tumour stage (*)

1

23

m

25

3

1.10

0.75

0.90

FTC

1

2

34

m

9

3

1.90

0.86

1.10

MTC

1

3

36

f

20

3

1.53

0.69

1.07

FvPTC

1

4

40

f

15

1

1.50

1.00

1.00

FTC

1

5

45

f

30

4

3.00

0.69

1.25

FvPTC

3

6

45

f

44

4

ne

0.82

1.62

FvPTC

3

7

46

f

7

4

1.00

0.60

0.63

PTC

1

8

46

f

9

3

1.30

0.95

1.20

FvPTC

1

9

50

m

13

3

1.80

0.33

1.00

PTC

3

10

54

m

20

3

1.70

0.90

2.40

PTC

1

11

66

m

23

5

1.50

0.80

1.01

PTC

1

12

71

f

7

3

1.90

0.77

1.00

PTC

1

13

74

f

22

3

2.00

0.90

1.00

PTC

1

  1. (°) FTC = follicular thyroid carcinoma; MTC = medullary thyroid carcinoma; FvPTC = follicular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma; PTC = papillary thyroid carcinoma.
  2. (*) Tumour stage on diagnosis according to AJCC/UICC 2010 Seventh Edition criteria.
  3. ne = not evaluable owing to coarse calcification (case #6).