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From: Elastography for the diagnosis of high-suspicion thyroid nodules based on the 2015 American Thyroid Association guidelines: a multicenter study

Fig. 2

US characteristics of different ESs. a USE image of an adenoma in a 45-year-old man. On the left side, the nodule shaded in green and red was scored as 1. b USE image of a nodular goiter in a 45-year-old woman. On the left side, the nodule shaded in green with focal blue spots was scored as 2. c USE image of a tiny papillary thyroid microcarcinoma in a 34-year-old woman. On the left side, the nodule shaded half in green and half in blue was scored as 3. d USE image of a tiny papillary thyroid microcarcinoma in a 39-year-old man. On the left side, the nodule shaded in blue with focal green spots was scored as 4. e USE image of a papillary thyroid microcarcinoma in a 60-year-old woman. On the left side, the entire nodule and its surrounding area in blue were scored as 5

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