(B) Thyroid ultrasound scan: Transverse image of the right thyroid lobe showing a 1-cm nodule with eggshell calcification with a focal areas of discontinuous calcification (yellow arrow).

Thyroid ultrasonography (Figure 2) documented a large calcified thyroid nodule measuring approximately 3.1 cm � 3.3 cm � 5.8 cm replacing left lobe of the thyroid gland. The heavily ...

It helps assess size, character, shape, hardness or softness, presence of abnormal calcification and features pointing towards the transformation of cancer in previous thyroid nodules. Ultrasound ...

On average, the cancerous medullary thyroid nodules had a maximum diameter ... or cystic), echogenicity, margins, calcifications, extrathyroidal extension, and presence of suspicious lymph nodes ...

Inclusion criteria included normal thyroid function, ultrasound identification of a solid, nonpalpable nodule and no previous ... diameter), echogenicity, calcification, lesion margins (well ...

The presence of calcification is the most significant ultrasonographic finding in evaluating thyroid nodules. Calcifications are more frequently detected in papillary thyroid carcinoma than in ...

Some thyroid nodules will appear more concerning. Cancerous nodules tend be irregular, larger, grow over time, may have calcifications, and may appear darker than the surrounding normal thyroid.

and characterized what the thyroid looked like based on 11 characteristics, including the presence and appearance of nodules, blood flow and calcifications. The authors found that while 97 percent of ...

Nodules are lumps in the thyroid gland ... to check for cancerous cells. Thyroid calcifications can be classified as microcalcification, coarse calcification or peripheral calcification.