Employing caution when applying the American College of Radiology Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data System for pediatric thyroid nodule management

Marla B K Sammer^{1

2}, Caroline L Hollingsworth³, A Luana Stanescu^{4

5}, Ramesh S Iyer^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Edward B Singleton Department of Radiology, Texas Children's Hospital, 6701 Fannin St., Houston, TX, 77030, USA. mbsammer@texaschildrens.org.
² Department of Radiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA. mbsammer@texaschildrens.org.
³ Radiology Associates of North Texas, Fort Worth, TX, USA.
⁴ Department of Pediatric Radiology, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, USA.
⁵ Department of Radiology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA.

Editorial

Marla B K Sammer et al. Pediatr Radiol. 2021 Jul.

. 2021 Jul;51(8):1290-1293.

doi: 10.1007/s00247-021-05083-y. Epub 2021 May 6.

Marla B K Sammer^{1

2}, Caroline L Hollingsworth³, A Luana Stanescu^{4

5}, Ramesh S Iyer^{4

5}

¹ Edward B Singleton Department of Radiology, Texas Children's Hospital, 6701 Fannin St., Houston, TX, 77030, USA. mbsammer@texaschildrens.org.
² Department of Radiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA. mbsammer@texaschildrens.org.
³ Radiology Associates of North Texas, Fort Worth, TX, USA.
⁴ Department of Pediatric Radiology, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, USA.
⁵ Department of Radiology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA.

No abstract available

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