Follicular thyroid neoplasms
Conditions
Interventions
This is a prospective, multicentre, observational, non-interventional diagnostic accuracy cohort study. Patients with thyroid nodules suspected to be follicular thyroid neoplasms on routine preoperati
Sponsors
Jinan University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 80 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Adults aged 18 years or older 2. Patients with a thyroid nodule suspected to be a follicular thyroid neoplasm on routine preoperative ultrasound examination 3. Patients who undergo thyroid surgery as part of routine clinical care and have a final postoperative histopathological diagnosis 4. Patients whose final postoperative histopathology confirms follicular thyroid carcinoma or follicular thyroid adenoma 5. Patients with available preoperative thyroid ultrasound images of sufficient quality for model analysis 6. Patients with available essential clinical and pathological data required for diagnostic validation 7. Patients who provide written informed consent if required by the ethics committee and local regulations
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Final postoperative histopathological diagnosis other than follicular thyroid carcinoma or follicular thyroid adenoma. 2. History of thyroid intervention before the index ultrasound examination, including thyroid surgery, radiofrequency ablation, microwave ablation, ethanol ablation, or other local treatment. 3. Poor-quality preoperative ultrasound images that preclude reliable lesion identification or model analysis, including severe artefacts, incomplete lesion coverage, or inadequate resolution. 4. Missing essential clinical, ultrasound, or pathological data required for diagnostic validation. 5. Withdrawal of consent, if consent is required.
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactShuixing Zhang
Outcome results
None listed