Fig. 6

Examples of clinical application of the Clin-US nomogram. (a) Image was obtained from a 22-year-old man with nodule in the left thyroid. (b) The nomogram resulted in a total score of 133 points for man (11 points), lower pole (18 points), max diameter of 1.43 cm (11 points), mulifocality (31 points), microcacification (17 points), A/P > 0.25 (45 points). The corresponding risk of LLNM was 0.55, and the pathological result of the nodule was PTC with LLNM. (c) Image was obtained from a 39-year-old man with nodule in the left thyroid. (d) The total points of the nomogram were 46 for man (11 points), lower pole (18 points), max diameter of 0.91 cm (0 points), unifocal (0 points), microcacification (17 points), and A/P < 0.25 (0 points). The corresponding risk of LLNM was low (< 0.05), and the pathological result of the nodule was PTC without LLNM.