The first edition of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinology/American College of
Endocrinology/Associazione Medici Endocrinologi Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management
of Thyroid Nodules was published in 2006 and updated in 2010 and 2016. The American Association of
Clinical Endocrinology/American College of Endocrinology/Associazione Medici Endocrinologi multidisciplinary
thyroid nodules task force was charged with developing a novel interactive electronic
algorithmic tool to evaluate thyroid nodules.
A prospective multicentre algorithm validation study is being planned.