title: [Sonographic thyroid diagnosis].
abstract: Sonography is suitable for the examination of thyroid glands respectively goiters. This method particularly gains in the differentiation of cold nodules or cold regions. In more than 50% of patients with cold nodules sonography showed cystic lesions. In addition, ultrasonically guided percutaneous fine needle biopsy is employed for emptying cysts or gaining material for cytological examination.
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D006042:Goiter / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013959:Thyroid Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Sonographische Schilddrüsen-Diagnostik