title: [Complex radiation diagnosis of the intrathoracic thyroid].
abstract: The study deals with a complex radiation diagnosis of mass lesions of the distopic thyroid. Forty five patients with mass lesions of the anterior mediastenum were examined. They were 28 with retrosternal and intrathoracic goiter, 6 with teratodermoid tumors, 11 with cysts of the anterior mediastenum. A complex radiation study included serial routine X-ray tomography in 2 standard projects, sonography, computed tomography. The diagnosis was verified on the basis of transthoracic and transbronchial needle biopsy with compulsory morphological confirmation. An intergroup comparison has shown that X-ray study is a screening method to detect a tumor, to define its site and its relationship with the adjacent organs. Ultrasound study reveals pathognomonic signs of the distopic goiter. Of the greatest informative value is X-ray CT which allows one to state about the structure of a tumor and its densitometric signs.
authors.forename: V P
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Kharchenko
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Kotliarov
authors.forename: R V
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Kertanov
authors.forename: Z S
authors.initials: ZS
authors.lastname: Tsallagova
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis; D006045:Goiter, Substernal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008482:Mediastinum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013724:Teratoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography