Preferably, the repeat FNA should be done with ultrasound guidance. FNA using ultrasound guidance reduces the incidence of inadequate specimens from 15-20% down to 3-4%. Ultrasound guided FNA is ...

Sometimes, thyroid ultrasound is combined with thyroid biopsy (also called fine-needle aspiration or FNA). This may be needed if your healthcare provider is concerned that a thyroid nodule might ...

Fine-needle aspiration biopsy of the thyroid nodule is a procedure in which a small sample of cells is obtained from a thyroid nodule with the aid of a thin needle under ultrasound guidance.

Ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration (FNA) has long been used as a safe and effective way to evaluate thyroid nodules in ...

Objective: Conventional fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) for cystic thyroid nodules (CTNs) has a high rate of nondiagnostic and false-negative results. Ultrasound-guided FNAB (UG-FNAB ...

Thyroid RFA is a minimally invasive medical procedure that treats thyroid nodules. Using ultrasound-guided imaging, the nodule is located, allowing the treatment to focus solely on the targeted ...

Ultrasound-guided FNA biopsies from each lymph node were subjected ... another is genetic analysis of FNA specimens to identify thyroid-specific transcripts, such as thyroglobulin, in suspect ...