The authors conclude that besides being convenient and available at a lower price than radionuclide imaging, ultrasonography is a reliable tool to detect and localize parathyroid adenomas in the ...

A thyroid ultrasound is a safe, painless procedure that uses sound waves to examine the thyroid gland. It can be used to help diagnose a wide range of medical conditions affecting the thyroid ...

Fine-needle aspiration biopsy of the thyroid nodule is a procedure in which a small sample of cells is obtained from a thyroid nodule with the aid of a thin needle under ultrasound guidance.

THERE have been a few cases recorded in which infants born to mothers with parathyroid adenoma have shown tetany early in life. The first observation of this was made by Friderichsen, 1 ...

An ultrasound can be sufficient to tell if a nodule is benign or cancerous ... M.D., is an endocrine surgeon who specializes in thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal disorders at the Texas Tech ...

Parathyroidectomy is surgery to remove one or more of the four parathyroid glands in the neck ... minimally invasive medical procedure that treats thyroid nodules. Using ultrasound-guided imaging, the ...