Topics mentioned in this video : Title, Background: thyroid nodules, Background: epidemiology of thyroid cancer, Except, Background: clinical characteristics that increase risk of malignancy, Background: clinical findings that increase suspicion of malignancy, Sonographic characteristics of malignancy, Thyroid cancer, So let’s do the data, BWH Thyroid Nodule Clinic 1995-2003, Cancer rate: multiple nodules, BWH sonographic characteristics: 885 nodules in 729 patients, Comparison of nodule size and rate of malignancy, Sonographic images, Comparison of nodule echogenicity, Sonographic image, Comparison of calcifications, Sonographic images, Likelihood of malignancy in a solitary nodule: females, Likelihood of malignancy in a solitary nodule: males , Likelihood of malignancy in a non-solitary nodule: females, Likelihood of malignancy in a non-solitary nodule: males, Nodule growth over time, SRU Consensus Conference Fall 2004, SRU Consensus discussion, SRU Consensus Conference, General recommendations, American Thyroid Association Guidelines 2009, Thyroid nodules at ultrasound – what do we do at BWH?, US guided fine needle aspiration, Video clip, BWH Thyroid Nodule Clinic – results, BWH thyroid Nodule Clinic 2004, What do we do?, Summary, Benign nodules undergoing surgery, On the horizon, Are we helping anyone? On the horizon