- Total 40 scans between January 2017 and April 2018 with a mean age of 52 years, 30 females, 10 males; indication nodules in 20, goiter in 13, patient preference in 7; British thyroid association classification U scoring U1+U2 in 37 patients, U3-U5 in three patients - Duration of scan 5-7 minutes - All reporting of POCUS performed by endocrinologists reviewed by radiologists - Fine needle aspiration biopsy result Thy1 in 2, Thy2 in 6; Thy 5 in one patient and diagnosis benign in 39 and malignant in one patient. This evidence concerns the gene THY1 and goiter.