Abstract
Article: The Role of the ACR TI-RADS Scoring System to Evaluate Solid and Cystic Thyroid Nodules Compared With Those Solid Nodules With or Without Echogenic Foci and Their Cytology Results
Authors: Pritish Aher, MD, Adriana Juliano, MD, and Francisco Donato, MD
Category: Abdomen [AB]
Credit: 0.75 SDMS CME Credit
Objectives: After studying the article entitled “The Role of the ACR TI-RADS Scoring System to Evaluate Solid and Cystic Thyroid Nodules Compared With Those Solid Nodules With or Without Echogenic Foci and Their Cytology Results,” you will be able to:
Knowledge of The American College of Radiology Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data System (ACR TI-RADS) for reporting thyroid nodules (TNs) and how scoring functions
Describe TNs that had a higher risk of malignancy
Understand that punctate echogenic foci did not increase the risk of malignancy in this study
Which percentage of the US population has TNs? 11% 26% 42% 68%
What is the purpose of ACR TI-RADS? Calculate risk stratification of TNs based on sonographic features Surgical planning for thyroidectomy Determine which TNs are malignant Malignancy potential of TNs based on biopsy findings
At which measurement is a fine-needle aspiration recommended with ACR TI-RADS for highly suspicious TNs? 6 mm 8 mm 10 mm 3 mm
Which type of thyroid carcinoma is most likely to have punctate echogenic foci? Follicular Papillary Anaplastic Medullary
The scoring points of which factor of ACR TI-RADS does this study support recalibrating? Echogenic foci Margin Echogenicity Composition