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Title Ultrasound of the thyroid and parathyroid glands / edited by Robert A. Sofferman, Anil T. Ahuja
Published New York, NY : Springer, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 310 pages) : illustrations
Contents 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
Summary 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
Analysis Medicine
Diagnosis, Ultrasonic
Endocrinology
Otorhinolaryngology
Head -- Surgery
Medicine & Public Health
Ultrasound
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Thyroid gland -- Ultrasonic imaging
Parathyroid glands -- Ultrasonic imaging
Thyroid Gland -- diagnostic imaging
Lymph Nodes -- diagnostic imaging
Parathyroid Glands -- diagnostic imaging
MEDICAL -- Endocrinology & Metabolism.
Médecine.
Form Electronic book
Author Sofferman, Robert A.
Ahuja, Anil T.
ISBN 9781461409748
1461409748
146140973X
9781461409731