Ultrasound in recurrent thyroid disease

Otolaryngol Clin North Am. 2008 Dec;41(6):1107-16, viii. doi: 10.1016/j.otc.2008.05.007.

Abstract

Neck ultrasound has been shown to be critical for the postoperative evaluation of thyroid cancer patients. The thyroid bed and surrounding tissues are evaluated for the presence of recurrence or nodal disease.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adenoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Adenoma / surgery
  • Biopsy, Fine-Needle
  • Carotid Arteries / diagnostic imaging
  • Humans
  • Lymphatic Metastasis
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / diagnostic imaging*
  • Parathyroid Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Parathyroid Neoplasms / surgery
  • Parathyroidectomy
  • Postoperative Period
  • Thyroid Gland / diagnostic imaging
  • Thyroid Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Thyroid Neoplasms / surgery
  • Thyroidectomy
  • Ultrasonography