Findings of extrathyroid lesions encountered with thyroid sonography

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1747-1759

  Jin, Young Kwak ^a   Kim, Eun Kyung ^a   Sun, Young Park ^b   Min, Jung Kim ^a   Moon, Won Jin ^c   Seon, Hyeong Choi ^a   Eun, Ju Son ^a   Ki, Keun Oh ^a   Ki, Whang Kim ^a   Yang, Woo Ick ^a   Ju, Yeon Pyo ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Gachon University   (South Korea)

^c Konkuk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Neck anatomy; Sonography; Thyroid glands

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL PROBLEMS; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ANATOMY; EXTRATHYROID LESIONS; NECK ANATOMY; THYROID GLANDS;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS DIVERTICULOSIS; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; HUMAN; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; HYPOPHARYNX; LARYNGEAL NERVE; LYMPH NODE; PARATHYROID ADENOMA; PARATHYROID GLAND; THYROID GLAND; VISCERA;

EID: 36749021580     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2007.26.12.1747     Document Type: Article

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