Percutaneous ethanol injection of hyperfunctioning thyroid nodules: Long-term follow-up in 125 patients

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 190, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 800-808

  Tarantino, Luciano ^a   Francica, Giampiero ^b   Sordelli, Ignazio ^c   Sperlongano, Pasquale ^c   Parmeggiani, Domenico ^a   Ripa, Carmine ^a   Parmeggiani, Umberto ^c  

^a Ospedale Maresca   (Italy)

^b VS Maria Della Pietà Hospital   (Italy)

^c SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hyperthyroidism; Interventional procedures; Percutaneous ethanol injection; Sonographic guidance; Thyroid; Thyroid nodules

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; LIOTHYRONINE; PROPRANOLOL; TECHNETIUM 99M; THIAMAZOLE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYPERFUNCTIONING THYROID NODULE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INJECTION; LARYNGEAL NERVE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE INJURY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS ETHANOL INJECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCINTIGRAPHY; THYROID NODULE; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOLVENTS; THYROID HORMONES; THYROID NODULE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 39749099797     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.2668     Document Type: Article

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