TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 4. Ultrasound of the Neck: Thyroid and Parathyroid A1 - Goff, Stephanie L. A1 - Lee, James A. A2 - Schrope, Beth PY - 2014 T2 - Surgical and Interventional Ultrasound AB - The evaluation of the patient with thyroid and/or parathyroid pathology is increasingly multimodal and includes history and physical examination, laboratory evaluation, and adjunctive radiologic studies. In particular, ultrasound has become an extension of the physical examination for patients with endocrine diseases of the neck and is often the first step in a radiologic evaluation of neck pathology. In fact, ultrasound is so ubiquitous that it is now commonly performed in the outpatient office setting and can provide immediate information that expedites diagnosis and treatment. Even when a patient presents for consultation with reports from prior ultrasound studies, a real-time sonography can confirm findings in addition to providing an opportunity for immediate image-guided biopsy. Ultrasound of the neck has become such a critical tool for the surgeon that the American College of Surgeons has determined that every surgical practice should include a “working knowledge of ultrasound of the head and neck.” Surgeons are typically asked to see a subset of patients with neck pathology. As such, this chapter will address primarily ultrasound for thyroid nodules/multinodular goiter, parathyroid disease, and pathologic lymphadenopathy. SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57915208 ER -