Tessler Franklin N, Middleton William D, Grant Edward G, Hoang Jenny K, Berland Lincoln L, Teefey Sharlene A, Cronan John J, Beland Michael D, Desser Terry S, Frates Mary C, Hammers Lynwood W, Hamper Ulrike M, Langer Jill E, Reading Carl C, Scoutt Leslie M, Stavros A Thomas
Department of Radiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama.
Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri.
J Am Coll Radiol. 2017 May;14(5):587-595. doi: 10.1016/j.jacr.2017.01.046. Epub 2017 Apr 2.
Thyroid nodules are a frequent finding on neck sonography. Most nodules are benign; therefore, many nodules are biopsied to identify the small number that are malignant or require surgery for a definitive diagnosis. Since 2009, many professional societies and investigators have proposed ultrasound-based risk stratification systems to identify nodules that warrant biopsy or sonographic follow-up. Because some of these systems were founded on the BI-RADS classification that is widely used in breast imaging, their authors chose to apply the acronym TI-RADS, for Thyroid Imaging, Reporting and Data System. In 2012, the ACR convened committees to (1) provide recommendations for reporting incidental thyroid nodules, (2) develop a set of standard terms (lexicon) for ultrasound reporting, and (3) propose a TI-RADS on the basis of the lexicon. The committees published the results of the first two efforts in 2015. In this article, the authors present the ACR TI-RADS Committee's recommendations, which provide guidance regarding management of thyroid nodules on the basis of their ultrasound appearance. The authors also describe the committee's future directions.
甲状腺结节在颈部超声检查中很常见。大多数结节是良性的;因此,许多结节会接受活检,以确定少数恶性结节或需要手术来明确诊断的结节。自2009年以来,许多专业学会和研究人员提出了基于超声的风险分层系统,以识别需要活检或超声随访的结节。由于其中一些系统是基于广泛应用于乳腺成像的BI-RADS分类建立的,其作者选择采用TI-RADS这一缩写,即甲状腺影像报告和数据系统。2012年,美国放射学会召集委员会,(1) 为偶然发现的甲状腺结节报告提供建议,(2) 制定一套超声报告的标准术语(词汇表),(3) 基于该词汇表提出TI-RADS。委员会于2015年公布了前两项工作的结果。在本文中,作者介绍了美国放射学会TI-RADS委员会的建议,这些建议为基于甲状腺结节超声表现的管理提供了指导。作者还描述了委员会未来的方向。