TY - JOUR AU - Alseddeeqi, Eiman AU - Baharoon, Raqwana AU - Mohamed, Rawia AU - Ghaith, Jenan AU - Al-Helali, Abeer AU - Ahmed, Luai A. PY - 2018 DA - 2018/11/30 TI - Thyroid malignancy among patients with thyroid nodules in the United Arab Emirates: a five-year retrospective tertiary Centre analysis JO - Thyroid Research SP - 17 VL - 11 IS - 1 AB - Thyroid malignancy constitutes the sixth common cancer type in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). There are no epidemiological data outlining the prevalence of cancer in thyroid nodules, nor previous analysis of ultra-sonographic features correlating with thyroid malignancy in the UAE. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of thyroid malignancy in patients with thyroid nodules and to describe the ultra-sonographic characteristics of thyroid nodules harbouring malignancy. SN - 1756-6614 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13044-018-0061-x DO - 10.1186/s13044-018-0061-x ID - Alseddeeqi2018 ER -