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THYROID NODULE BIOPSY

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Method Computer-Based Training

Course overview

FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION (FNA) DATES BACK TO THE 1930S WHEN MARTIN AND ELLIS FIRST DESCRIBED THE PROCEDURE AND ITS POTENTIAL IMPLICATIONS IN THE MEDICAL FIELD. OVER TIME THE ROLE OF ULTRASOUND-GUIDED FNA EVOLVED AS AN IMPORTANT TOOL IN ASSESSING THYROID NODULES. THIS ACTIVITY DESCRIBES AND OUTLINES FINE-NEEDLE ASPIRATION OF A THYROID NODULE WITH ULTRASOUND GUIDANCE. IT ALSO REVIEWS THE ROLE OF PROPER TECHNIQUE IN THE SUCCESSFUL ACQUISITION OF THYROID CELLS FOR CYTOPATHOLOGIC REVIEW.

Subject areas

This course counts toward the state boards and subject areas below.

Florida Board of Osteopathic Medicine

Osteopathic Physician

1h General