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EU-TIRADS / ATA / Kwak-TIRADS

EU-TIRADS 2017; ATA 2015; Kwak TIRADS 2011

Single form that applies European EU-TIRADS, American Thyroid Association 2015 sonographic patterns, or Kwak TIRADS to the same ultrasound feature set and returns the risk category plus size-based FNA threshold for the selected system.

Also searched as: thyroid · nodule · FNA · ultrasound

Scoring system
Composition
Echogenicity (solid component)

Relative to thyroid parenchyma (or strap muscle for marked hypoechogenicity).

Shape (transverse plane)
Margin
Echogenic foci / calcifications
Suspicious cervical lymph nodes present

Used primarily by ATA high-suspicion pattern.

Maximum nodule diameter

Greatest dimension used for FNA size thresholds.

mm
Information
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How this tool works

Multiple thyroid nodule risk-stratification systems share overlapping ultrasound descriptors—composition, echogenicity, shape, margins, and echogenic foci—but differ in how features are combined and when biopsy is recommended. EU-TIRADS (Russ / ETA 2017) is pattern-based with four high-risk features that immediately assign category 5. ATA 2015 maps nodules into benign through high-suspicion patterns with size cut-offs of 1, 1.5, or 2 cm. Kwak TIRADS (2011) simply counts five suspicious features to yield categories 3–5. Selecting a system reuses a consistent feature list so the same nodule description can be scored under each framework without re-entry. ACR TI-RADS is intentionally not included here (separate calculator). Management always incorporates clinical context, TSH, and patient preference.

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