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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
Volume 7, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/srep43183
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81261120566]
- Jiangsu Province key medical personnel project [RC2011068]
- 333 projects in the fourth phase of Jiangsu Province [BRA2015389]
- Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions
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To evaluate the impact of thyroid nodule sizes on the diagnostic performance of thyroid imaging reporting and data system (TIRADS) and ultrasound patterns of 2015 American Thyroid Association (ATA) guidelines. Total 734 patients with 962 thyroid nodules were recruited in this retrospective study. All nodules were divided into three groups according to the maximal diameter (d < 10 mm, d = 10-20 mm and d > 20 mm). The ultrasound images were categorized based on TIRADS and ATA ultrasound patterns, respectively. A total of 931 (96.8%) and 906 (94.2%) patterns met the criteria for TIRADS and ATA ultrasound patterns. The AUC (0.849) and sensitivity (85.3%) of TIRADS were highest in d = 10-20 mm group. However, ATA had highest AUC (0.839) and specificity (89.8%) in d > 20 mm group. ATA ultrasound patterns had higher specificity (P = 0.04), while TI-RADS had higher sensitivity (P = 0.02). In nodules d > 20 mm, the specificity of ATA patterns was higher than TIRADS (P = 0.003). Our results indicated that nodule sizes may influence the diagnostic performance of TIRADS and ATA ultrasound patterns. The ATA patterns may yield higher specificity than TIRADS, especially in nodules larger than 20 mm.
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