This highly illustrated book, complete with comprehensive clinical references and annotated images, will serve as a leading text to educate head and neck surgeons, endocrinologists, and radiologists on the basics and nuances of thyroid and parathyroid ultrasound. It emphasizes the use of ultrasound as an office-based modality by clinicians and radiologists who actively care for this special set of patients. This text uniquely combines the collaboration between a clinician/surgeon and radiologist who share their extensive experience in head and neck ultrasound. Read more...
Abstract:
Otolaryngologists/head-and-neck surgeons, as well as endocrinologists and radiologists, will find this book an invaluable resource. With the profusion of office-based ultrasound, this highly illustrated text will serve as a leading reference for years to come. Read more...
Author(s): Sofferman, Robert A.; Ahuja, Anil T (eds.)
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2012
Language: English
Pages: 310
City: New York, NY
Tags: Medicine.;Diagnostic ultrasonic imaging.;Endocrinology.;Otolaryngology.;Head -- Surgery.;Thyroïde -- Échographie.
Content: Section I. History and Basic Concepts --
The History of Clinical Ultrasound --
Physics and Principles of Ultrasound --
Practical Concepts of Ultrasound --
gSection II. Thyroid and Parathyroid Glands --
Sonography of the Normal Thyroid --
Benign Thyroid Conditions --
Malignant Thyroid Conditions --
Ultrasound Surveillance --
Parathyroid Ultrasound --
Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology --
gSection III. Lymph Nodes and the Neck --
Lymph Nodes --
Benign Clinical Conditions in the Adjacent Neck --
gSection IV. New Advances in Applied Ultrasound --
Thyroid Elastography --
Percutaneous Ethanol Injection for Thyroid and Parathyroid Disorders --
Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound and Ultrasound-Guided Minimally Invasive Therapy for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Focal Thyroid Lesions.
