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.
