| Autor: |
Noyek, Arnold M., Greyson, N. David, Steinhardt, Marvin I., Kassel, Edward E., Shulman, Harry S., Rothberg, Randy, Goldfinger, Morris, Miskin, Murray, Freeman, Jeremy L. |
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Archives of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery; April 1983, Vol. 109 Issue: 4 p205-224, 20p |
| Abstrakt: |
• Clinical assessment of a patient with a focal or diffuse thyroid tumor is but the first step in diagnostic evaluation. The diagnostic imaging process augments information obtained by the inspecting eye and the palpating hand; it allows the qualification (for example, cystic v solid) and the quantification (for example, size, extension, and assessment of physiologic function) of the thyroid tumor mass. This diagnostic input allows the establishment of a more realistic provisional diagnosis and directs a rational treatment approach to the patient. This presentation reviews the major imaging modalities available for thyroid tumor evaluation: diagnostic ultrasound, radionuclide scans, and conventional radiology and computed tomography. The applications of these various modalities and their critical potentials and limitations are placed in a contemporary clinical setting. It is hoped that an increasing familiarity with these imaging modalities will give better direction to the specialist in otolaryngology-head and neck surgery and greater surgical benefit to his or her patients.(Arch Otolaryngol 1983;109:205-224) |
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