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- Title
Diagnostic Ultrasound for Thyroid Tumor.
- Authors
KOBAYASHI, TOSHIJI; TAKATANI, OSAMU; TABEI, TOSHIO; OYAMADA, HIYOSHIMARU
- Abstract
The diagnostic value of B-mode water immersion scanning of ultrasound grey scale echography for the thyroid is evaluated on 112 cases with palpable thyroid tumors. Differential diagnostic criteria for the echo-signal distributions, such as the boundary echo, internal echoes and retrotumorous echoes, are proposed and its clinical significance is assessed in this study. Exact differentiation between a solid thyroid tumor and a cystic lesion was easily made with this technique, whereas it may be possible to differentiate the thyroid adenoma and carcinoma in fairly good accuracy. The advantages of this echography include short examination time. Also there is no known physical hazard to the patient, and the procedure is comfortable and well tolerated by the patient. This examination should be performed routinely on patients with palpable thyroid nodular tumors.
- Publication
Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology, 1976, Vol 6, Issue 1, p17
- ISSN
0368-2811
- Publication type
Article