Epidemiologic, Clinical, Ultrasonographic, and Cytological Features of Thyroid Nodules in Predicting Malignancy Risk: A Retrospective Study of 442 French Afro-Caribbean Patients

Table 2

Ultrasound characteristics: echogenicity, irregular margin, and microcalcification in 414 thyroid cancer and benign lesions.

		Histology benign (n = 261)	Histology malignant (n = 12)	n
Hypoechogenicity, n	Iso	73 (35%)	2 (17%)	75	0.22
	Hyper	6 (2.8%)	1 (8.3%)	7	—
	Hypo	132 (63%)	9 (75%)	141	—
Irregular margin, n	No	201 (80%)	6 (55%)	207
	Yes	48 (20%)	5 (45%)	53	0.05
Microcalcifications, n	Yes	51 (20%)	3 (25%)	54	0.71
	No	203 (80%)	9 (75%)	212	—