[Color-coded Doppler sonography in thyroid diseases: initial experiences].
The thyroid gland was investigated in 43 persons (12 healthy volunteers, 31 patients with diseases of the thyroid gland) with a new colour Doppler system (angiodynography). In euthyroid persons (normal thyroid gland, diffuse or multinodular goitre) only a few vessels were detected. In cases with Graves' disease however, hypervascularization was evident. Autonomous adenomas had a hypervascular periphery, whereas our two carcinomas showed a high vascularisation in the nodule. Angiodynography might become an important diagnostic tool for the evaluation of thyroid glands. The number of radionuclide studies and punctures might be limited.
Schwaighofer
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B
Abteilung für Diagnostische Radiologie, II. Medizinische Universitätsklinik Wien.
Kurtaran
A
A
Hübsch
P
P
Frühwald
F
F
Barton
P
P
Trattnig
S
S
D003116:Color; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013959:Thyroid Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*
Farbkodierte Doppler-Sonographie bei Schilddrüsenerkrankungen: erste Erfahrungen.