Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

TECHNICAL ASPECTS

SONOGRAPHY OF THE NORMAL THYROID AND ITS REGION

SONOGRAPHY IN THE PATIENT WITH AN ENLARGED THYROID GLAND (GOITER)

SONOGRAPHY WITH THYROIDITIS AND GRAVES' DISEASE

SONOGRAPHY OF LYMPHOMA.

SONOGRAPHY OF THE THYROID NODULE.

PALPABLE UNINODULAR THYROID DISEASE AND GOITER

THE NON-PALPABLE THYROID NODULE OR INCIDENTALOMA

SONOGRAPHY OF LYMPHADENOPATHY

WHAT A THYROID ULTRASOUND REPORT SHOULD INCLUDE

SONOGRAPHY IN THE PATIENT WITH A HISTORY OF HEAD AND NECK THERAPEUTIC IRRADIATION OF THE IN YOUTH

SONOGRAPHY TO MONITOR CHANGES IN THYROID SIZE

SONOGRAPHY IN THE PATIENT WITH THYROID CANCER

SONOGRAPHY IN CONJUNCTION WITH NEEDLE BIOPSY

SONOGRAPHY BY THE THYROID SURGEON

SONOGRAPHY IN CONJUNCTION WITH PERCUTANEOUS THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTION

SONOGRAPHY TO DISCOVER PELVIC THYROID TISSUE

SONOGRAPHY OF THE FETAL THYROID

SONOGRAPHY OF THE THYROID IN NEWBORN

EPIDEMIOLOGIC USE OF ULTRASONOGRAPHY

OTHER USES OF ULTRASONOGRAPHY