title: [Ultrasound diagnosis of the thyroid gland and adjacent soft tissue of the neck].
abstract: The significance of sonography in diffuse and focal thyroid pathologies is summarized. The sonomorphology and the vascularization in pathologies of the thyroid gland are discussed. Supplementary applications of scintigraphy and fine needle aspiration are pointed out. In hyperparathyroidism, the role of sonography to localize parathyroid adenoma is presented. The typical sonomorphology of benign cervical pathologies as cervical cysts, angiomas, lipomas and carotid body tumors is explained. Sonography is the primary imaging method for the assessment of the thyroid gland and the surrounding cervical soft tissue.
authors.affiliation: Röntgenabteilung und Nuklearmedizin, Krankenhaus der Barmherzigen Brüder, Salzburg, Osterreich.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gritzmann
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D013959:Thyroid Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Sonographische Diagnostik der Schilddrüse und der umgebenden Halsweichteile.