Ultrasonic Evaluation of 'Silent Regions' in the Thyroid Scintiscan
| Autor: | J. Wewerka, Frank T, Zollikofer Cl |
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| Rok vydání: | 1978 |
| Předmět: |
endocrine system
medicine.medical_specialty endocrine system diseases Adenoma business.industry Thyroid Clinical course General Medicine medicine.disease Thyroiditis Thyroid aplasia medicine.anatomical_structure Needle biopsy medicine Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Radiology Ultrasonography business |
| Zdroj: | Nuklearmedizin. 17:16-23 |
| ISSN: | 2567-6407 0029-5566 |
| DOI: | 10.1055/s-0037-1620666 |
| Popis: | 35 patients with scintigraphically silent thyroid regions without palpable cold nodules were further evaluated by ultrasonography. In 33 cases the sonographic diagnosis was confirmed by other examinations or the clinical course. 2 cases were misinterpreted right at the beginning of our series.The use of ultrasonography in evaluating silent thyroid regions in the totally decompensated autonomous adenoma, in unilateral thyroid aplasia, thyroiditis and hyperthyroidism is shown to be a reliable and valuable supplement to the clinical and radioisotopic evaluation procedures. When differentiating the totally decompensated autonomous adenoma from unilateral thyroid aplasia a stimulation test need not be performed in most cases. Suspected thyroiditis can be confirmed in a simple way. Being a non-invasive evaluation procedure, ultrasonography should be used before performing a needle biopsy. |
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