Risk stratification of thyroid nodules on ultrasonography with the French TI-RADS: description and reflections.

Author: Gilles RUSS ¹
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1. Thyroid and Endocrine Tumor Unit, Department of Nuclear Medicine, La Pitie Salpetriere Hospital, Pierre and Marie Curie University, Paris VI, France. gilles.russ@wanadoo.fr
Publication Type:Multicenter Study ; Review
Keywords: Thyroid nodule; Risk assessment; Ultrasonography
MeSH: Biopsy, Fine-Needle; Risk Assessment; Thyroid Gland*; Thyroid Nodule*; Ultrasonography*; Vocabulary
From: Ultrasonography 2016;35(1):25-38
CountryRepublic of Korea
Language:English
Abstract: The widespread use of ultrasonography places it in a key position for use in the risk stratification of thyroid nodules. The French proposal is a five-tier system, our version of a thyroid imaging reporting and database system (TI-RADS), which includes a standardized vocabulary and report and a quantified risk assessment. It allows the selection of the nodules that should be referred for fine-needle aspiration biopsies. Effort should be directed towards merging the different risk stratification systems utilized around the world and testing this unified system with multi-center studies.