Department of Radiology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon 16499, Korea.
Department of Radiology, Soonchunhyang University Seoul Hospital, Seoul 04401, Korea.
Korean J Radiol. 2018 Jul-Aug;19(4):623-631. doi: 10.3348/kjr.2018.19.4.623. Epub 2018 Jun 14.
The Korean Society of Radiology and the National Evidence-based Healthcare Collaborating Agency developed guidelines for primary imaging tests and appropriate biopsy methods for thyroid nodules. These guidelines were developed using an adaptation process by collaboration between the development committee and the working group. The development committee, composed of research methodology experts, established the overall plan and provided support about methodological strategies. The working group, composed of radiologist experts in thyroid imaging, wrote the proposals. The guidelines recommend neck ultrasound (US) as a first-line imaging modality for the diagnosis of thyroid nodules in patients with suspected nodules, and US-guided fine-needle aspiration as a primary method for histologic examination of thyroid nodules.
韩国放射学会和国家循证保健合作机构为甲状腺结节的主要影像学检查和适当的活检方法制定了指南。这些指南是通过开发委员会和工作组之间的合作，采用改编过程制定的。开发委员会由研究方法学专家组成，制定了总体计划并提供了方法策略方面的支持。工作组由甲状腺影像学方面的放射科专家组成，编写了提案。指南建议对疑似结节的患者，采用颈部超声（US）作为甲状腺结节诊断的一线影像学方法，US 引导下细针抽吸作为甲状腺结节组织学检查的主要方法。
