Sonographic assessment of thyroglossal duct cysts in children

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1211-1219

  Kutuya, Naoki ^a   Kurosaki, Yoshihisa ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Child; Sonography; Thyroglossal duct cyst

Indexed keywords

PATHOLOGY; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

CHILD; ECHO PATTERNS; SOLID COMPONENTS; SONOGRAPHIC APPEARANCE; SONOGRAPHIC ASSESSMENTS; THYROGLOSSAL DUCT CYST; WALL THICKENING; WALL THICKNESS;

DUCTS;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FISTULA; HUMAN; HYOID BONE; INFLAMMATION; MALE; SOLID; THYROGLOSSAL DUCT CYST; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 48949103232     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2008.27.8.1211     Document Type: Article

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