Table 1 Demographic, Clinical, Scintigraphic and Pathological data of the 20 patients included in the study.

From: Differentiating malignant from benign thyroid nodules with indeterminate cytology by 99mTc-MIBI scan: a new quantitative method for improving diagnostic accuracy

Patient

Sex

Age (years)

Nodule Topography

Nodule size (mm)

TI-RADS class

Bethesda system

Visual analysis pattern

R.I.

WOind (%)

Histology

1

F

20

LL

34

4A

IV

3

108.4

−10

DTC

2

F

45

RL

35

4B

III

3

75.5

−23.6

Benign Adenoma

3

F

50

RL

16

4B

IV

3

144.4

−8

DTC

4

F

80

RL

45

4B

IV

3

194.3

−6.6

DTC

5

F

54

LL

33

4A

III

2

42.7

−40

Colloid Goitre

6

M

48

RL

27

3

IV

3

93.2

−26.6

Benign Adenoma

7

F

24

RL

22

4A

III

2

27.6

−45

Colloid Goitre

8

F

33

LL

28

3

III

3

89

−24.1

Benign Adenoma

9

F

66

LL

50

3

IV

2

−24.4

−34.9

Benign Adenoma

10

M

53

RL-I

25

4A

III

2

−3.7

−21.4

Benign Adenoma

11

F

33

RL

47

3

III

2

−15.5

−23.5

Benign Adenoma

12

F

48

LL

22

4A

III

2

45

−39

Benign Adenoma

13

F

62

RL

26

3

IV

2

5.55

−25.5

Benign Adenoma

14

F

78

LL

23

4A

III

2

−70

−28.5

Benign Adenoma

15

F

52

RL

35

4B

IV

2

6.61

−33

Benign Adenoma

16

F

46

LL

27

4B

III

2

−18.6

−28

Benign Adenoma

17

F

53

LL

22

4A

III

2

12.5

−35

Benign Adenoma

18

F

75

RL

30

4B

III

3

42.5

−30

Benign Adenoma

19

M

28

I

18

4A

IV

2

48

−17

DTC

20

F

61

RL

23

4B

IV

2

40.4

−26

Benign Adenoma

  1. LL = Left Lobe; RL = Right Lobe; I = Isthmus; TI-RADS classification: 1 = normal; 2 = benign; 3 = probably benign; 4A = undeterminated pattern; 4B = suspicious pattern; 5 = consistent with malignancy. DTC = Differentiated Thyroid Cancer.