Ultrasonography of the thyroid in children and adolescents sonographic and pathological studies in a population from Belarus after the Chernobyl accident

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Autor principal: Reiners, Christoph (autor.)
Otros Autores: Drozd, V. M. (autor.), Cherstvoy, E. D. (autor.), Demidchik, E. P. (autor.), Nerovnya, A. M. (autor.), Luster, M. (autor.)
Formato: Libro
Lenguaje:inglés
Publicado: Stuttgart ; New York : Schattauer, 2000.
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  • Introduction
  • Thyroid cancer in children after the Chernobyl accident
  • Epidemiology
  • Mass screening
  • Aims and objectives
  • Ultrasound examination of the thyroid in children
  • Examination technique
  • Diagnostic algorithm using ultrasound
  • Standardized form for thyroid ultrasound documentation
  • Sonographic appearance of the normal thyroid
  • Sonographic peculiarities of thyroid pathology in children exposed to radiation
  • Thyroid cancer
  • Follicular adenoma
  • Nodular Goiter (Nodular Hyperplasia)
  • Thyroid cysts
  • Diffuse endemic goiter
  • Autoimmune Thyroiditis
  • Diffuse toxic goiter (Graves’ disease)
  • US-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy of the thyroid in children
  • Technique of fine-needle aspiration
  • Results of fine-needle biopsy in children exposed to radiation
  • Future outlook of thyroid ultrasound
  • Histological findings in children with thyroid pathologies
  • Conclusions
  • Appendix: Atlas of ultrasound scans in thyroid diseases
  • Thyroid scan with minimal changes
  • Thyroid carcinoma
  • Nodular type, limited spread of tumor
  • Nodular type, advanced spread of tumor
  • Thyroid cancer, diffuse type
  • Papillary carcinoma of the thyroid, Metastasis to regional lymph nodes in post-operative state
  • Thyroid carcinoma and autoimmune thyroiditis (combined pathology)
  • Follicular adenomas
  • Nodular goiter
  • Thyroid cysts
  • Thyroiditis
  • Diffuse toxic goiter
  • Developmental abnormalities of the thyroid
  • References
  • Index.