Ultrasound of the Thyroid and Parathyroid Glands

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.


Table of Contents
Section I History and Basic Concepts
1 The History of Clinical Ultrasound ........................................... 3
Robert A. Sofferman
2 Physics and Principles of Ultrasound ........................................ 9
Robert A. Sofferman
3 Practical Concepts of Ultrasound .............................................. 21
Robert A. Sofferman
Section II Thyroid and Parathyroid Glands
4 Sonography of the Normal Thyroid .......................................... 41
Hok Yuen Yuen, Cina Shin-Loong Tong,
and Anil T. Ahuja
5 Benign Thyroid Conditions ........................................................ 61
Ka Tak Wong and Anil T. Ahuja
6 Malignant Thyroid Conditions .................................................. 107
Ka Tak Wong, Yolanda Y.P. Lee, and Anil T. Ahuja
7 Ultrasound Surveillance ............................................................. 151
Robert A. Sofferman
8 Parathyroid Ultrasound ............................................................. 157
Robert A. Sofferman
9 Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology ............................................... 187
Robert A. Sofferman
Section III Lymph Nodes and the Neck
10 Lymph Nodes ............................................................................... 211
Michael T.C. Ying, Carmen C.M. Cho,
and Anil T. Ahuja
11 Benign Clinical Conditions in the Adjacent Neck .................... 229
Hok Yuen Yuen and Anil T. Ahuja
x Contents
Section IV New Advances in Applied Ultrasound
12 Thyroid Elastography ................................................................. 263
Kunwar S.S. Bhatia, Darshana Dattatray Rasalkar,
and Anil T. Ahuja
13 Percutaneous Ethanol Injection for Thyroid
and Parathyroid Disorders ......................................................... 283
Daniel S. Duick
14 Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound and Ultrasound-Guided
Minimally Invasive Therapy for the Diagnosis
and Treatment of Focal Thyroid Lesions .................................. 297
Hok Yuen Yuen and Anil T. Ahuja
Index ..................................................................................................... 305