As the basis for this book, the authors have analyzed more than 100,000 ultrasound examinations performed between 1995 and 2008 in patients with thyroid and parathyroid disease, as well as many thousands of diagnostic and therapeutic ultrasound-guided minimally invasive procedures. The opening chapters include discussion of current ultrasound techniques, pitfalls, and ultrasound examination of the thyroid in children. Detailed attention is then devoted to findings in the normal thyroid and in the presence of diffuse and focal changes. Further chapters focus on such topics as the role of ultrasound after thyroid surgery and ultrasound diagnosis of parathyroid disease, recurrent goiter, and neck masses. Ultrasound-guided minimally invasive techniques, such as fine-needle aspiration biopsy and percutaneous laser ablation, are considered in depth. This up-to-date and richly illustrated book will interest and assist specialists in ultrasound diagnostics, radiologists, endocrinologists, and neck surgeons.

Diagnosing Thyroid Pathology with Radiological Methods

Complex Ultrasound Diagnosis of Thyroid Diseases
Ultrasound Examination of the Thyroid Gland in Children
Normal Thyroid
Diffuse Changes of the Thyroid Gland
Thyroid Lesions
Ultrasound Examination After Thyroid Surgery
Recurrent Thyroid Lesions
Ultrasound Examination of Regional Lymph Nodes
Substernal Goiter
Ultrasound of the Parathyroid Glands
Ultrasound Diagnostics of Neck Masses
Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy
Diagnostic Algorithms in Thyroid Pathology
Ultrasound Aspects of Minimally Invasive Procedures on the Thyroid Gland.