Ajit Kumar Kushwaha Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Mucoepidermoid carcinoma, Cancer chemotherapy, Prostate biomarker, Endometrial cancer, Tumor marker
Department of surgical oncology, HCG Abdur Razzaque Ansari Cancer Centre, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India
Ajit Kumar Kushwaha was working in the Department of surgical oncology, HCG Abdur Razzaque Ansari Cancer Centre, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India. He has more than 80 publications. His current research area related to osteoarthropathy
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Author(s): Ajit Kumar Kushwaha
Objective: Atypia of undetermined significance/follicular lesion of undetermined significance (AUS/FLUS) are indeterminate lesions with malignancy incidence of 5-15%. We evaluate the role of thyroid ultrasound in predicting malignancy in Bethesda type III nodules, and thus suggest management guidelines in these nodules.
Method: Patient with Bethesda type III nodules were subjected to high resolution ultrasonography of neck. The features analysed while performing US examination are size, site, echogenicity (solid, cystic), margins (circumscribed, micro lobular, irregular), calcification (micro, macro or egg shell) and shape of the lesion. On the basis of ultrasound these nodules were categorized into probably benign or suspicious of malignancy.... view moreĀ»