title: Sonography guides biopsy and therapy in the neck.
abstract: Sonography is a powerful imaging method that can be used in the evaluation of patients with thyroid and parathyroid disease. The role of sonography in visualizing normal superficial neck structures and detecting small pathologic neck masses is being enhanced and expanded by its ability to accurately characterize suspected pathologic processes through precise percutaneous needle biopsy under real-time visualization.
authors.affiliation: Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Reading
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D000431:Ethanol / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006961:Hyperparathyroidism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009333:Neck / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D010279:Parathyroid Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D013959:Thyroid Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D016606:Thyroid Nodule / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional