Ultrasound of the Thyroid and Parathyroid Glands

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.

Section 01: History and Basic Concepts.- 1.The History of Clinical Ultrasound.- 2.Physics & Principles of Ultrasound.- 3.Practical Concepts of Ultrasound.- Section 02: Thyroid and Parathryoid Glands.- 4.Sonography of the Normal Thyroid.- 5.Benign Thyroid Conditions.- 6.Malignant Thyroid Conditions.- 7.Ultrasound Surveillance.- 8.Parathyroid Ultrasound.- 9.Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology.- Section 03: Lymph Nodes and the Neck.- 10.Lymph Nodes.- 11.Benign Clinical Conditions in the Adjacent Neck.- Section 04: New Advances in Applied Ultrasound.- 12.Thryoid Elsatography.- 13.Percutaneous Ethanol Injection for Thyroid and Parathyroid Disorders.- 14.Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS) and Ultrasound-guided Minimally Invasive Therapy for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Focal Thyroid Lesions.