Cutfield R G, Croxson M S
N Z Med J. 1981 May 27;93(684):331-3.
One hundred consecutive patients were studied at the Auckland Hospital thyroid clinic over a two year period 1974 to 1976, who subsequently had surgical excision of a solitary cold nodule. Thyroid carcinoma was present in 17 percent, adenoma in 44 percent, colloid nodules in 25 percent and a thyroid cyst in 14 percent. Although thyroid neoplasms were significantly more frequent in patients under 40, other clinical or scan features analysed were not predictive of carcinoma or neoplasm.
1974年至1976年的两年间，奥克兰医院甲状腺诊所对连续100例患者进行了研究，这些患者随后接受了孤立性冷结节的手术切除。其中甲状腺癌占17%，腺瘤占44%，胶样结节占25%，甲状腺囊肿占14%。虽然40岁以下患者的甲状腺肿瘤明显更为常见，但所分析的其他临床或扫描特征并不能预测是否为癌或肿瘤。
