TI-RADS 5 • Thyroid Papillary Cancer

Thyroid Nodule • Xray of the Week 2017 • Week #40

What is the TI-RADS Score of this nodule? What would you do next?

Figure 1: Thyroid Ultrasound. TI-RADS Scoring

Here is how I scored it:

Composition: Solid or almost completely solid - 2 points

Echogenicity: Hypoechoic - 2 points

Shape: Taller-than-wide - 3 points

Margin: Lobulated or irregular - 2 points

Echogenic Foci: Punctate echogenic foci - 3 points

TOTAL: 12

TIRADS 5 - Highly Suspicious, Needs FNA.

Biopsy was performed and it showed thyroid papillary cancer.

Figure 2: Thyroid Ultrasound. Arrows showing the punctate echogenic foci.

The ACR Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data System (TI-RADS) is a system that can take the guess work out of reading thyroid ultrasounds. The goal is to improve quality and decrease unnecessary biopsies.

Figure 3: ACR TI-RADS System

More TI-RADS Resources here: https://www.globalradcme.com/acr-tirads-resources

References:

1. ACR TI-RADS ATLAS

2. Grant, E G, Tessler, FN, Hoang, JK, Langer, JE, Beland, MD, Berland, LL, Cronan JJ, Desser, TS, Frates, MC, Hamper, UM, Middleton, WD, Reading, CC, Scoutt, LM, Stavros, AT and Teefy, SA. (2015). Thyroid Ultrasound Reporting Lexicon: White Paper of the ACR Thyroid Imaging, Reporting and Data System (TIRADS) Committee. Journal of the American College of Radiology,12(12), 1272-1279. http://www.jacr.org/article/S1546-1440(15)00684-5/abstract

3. Franklin N. Tessler, MD, CMCorrespondence information about the author MD, CM Franklin N. TesslerEmail the author MD, CM Franklin N. Tessler, William D. Middleton, MD, Edward G. Grant, MD, Jenny K. Hoang, MBBS, Lincoln L. Berland, MD, Sharlene A. Teefey, MD, John J. Cronan, MD, Michael D. Beland, MD, Terry S. Desser, MD, Mary C. Frates, MD, Lynwood W. Hammers, DO, Ulrike M. Hamper, MD, Jill E. Langer, MD, Carl C. Reading, MD, Leslie M. Scoutt, MD, A. Thomas Stavros, MD ACR Thyroid Imaging, Reporting and Data System (TI-RADS): White Paper of the ACR TI-RADS Committee. http://www.jacr.org/article/S1546-1440(17)30186-2/fulltext

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