Table 1.

Standardized reporting

Technique	US equipment, type of probe Patient with compromising factors
History	Family history of thyroid cancer History of neck irradiation during childhood, or known operative history with regard to the neck or thyroid Former FNA results
Results	Thyroid volume Echogenicity and vascularity of the gland Nodules (above 5 mm unless highly suspect)  Location (side, superior, medial, inferior)  Size (3 diameters +/– volume)  Shape, margins, echogenicity, composition, echogenic foci  EU-TIRADS score  Numbered and mapped out on the thyroid map  Change of size  Retrosternal extension  Trachea deviation Study of lymph nodes (levels II, III, IV, V, VI) and of the thyroglossal duct
Conclusion	Normal examination or type of pathology Comparison to previous documents Final assessment category of the nodules (EU-TIRADS score) Management recommendations

US, ultrasound; FNA, fine needle aspiration; EU-TIRADS, European Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data System.