thyroid nodule/fever

Twenty women aged 18-76 years (mean 42 +/- 23 years) with solitary benign toxic thyroid nodule were treated with intranodular percutaneous 96%-ethanol injection, performed under ultrasound guidance. 1 ml of ethanol was instilled per 1 cm3 of nodule tissue. 2-5 (mean 3.1) sessions were conducted

The aim of the study was to evaluate the long-term efficacy and safety of percutaneous ethanol injection (PEI) to solitary benign thyroid nodules in 232 patients (213 women and 19 men) in whom other treatments were refused or contraindicated. Patients were divided into two groups. Group I was

40 patients (39 women and 1 man) aged 13-66 years (mean 35.9 years) with solitary benign non-toxic thyroid nodule confirmed by clinical and hormonal examination, ultrasonography and fine needle aspiration biopsy, were treated with intranodular percutaneous 96% ethanol injection, performed under

OBJECTIVE Percutaneous injection of alcohol was recently proposed as an alternative to surgical and radioiodine treatments of autonomous thyroid nodules. The purpose of this study was to determine the value of this procedure and to define its limitations and indications when used for this

Typical presentation of subacute thyroiditis (SAT) is an anterior neck pain radiating up to the jaw and ear, often associated with asthenia and fever. Biology shows hyperthyroidism and inflammation. The thyroid uptake is low at scintigraphy. However, the clinical presentation of SAT may be

One hundred and fifty-five cases of scintigraphically "cold" thyroid nodules were examined telethermographically to determine their thermal gradient. All nodules hyperthermic greater than or equal to 1.5 degrees C were successively removed, as were those (regardless of the thermal gradient) present

OBJECTIVE Interstitial laser photocoagulation (ILP) is a new therapeutic option for the ablation of non-functioning and hyper-functioning benign thyroid nodules. Amelioration of the ablation procedure currently allows treating large nodules. Aim of this study was to evaluate the therapeutic efficacy

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy and safety of percutaneous polidocanol injection (PPI) in treating cystic thyroid nodules. METHODS A total of 158 cystic or predominantly cystic thyroid nodules (>80% cystic component) in 143 patients were evaluated. 114 patients with compressive symptoms or

The introduction of new diagnostic methods for the evaluation of solitary thyroid nodules allows for unquestionable differentiation between malignant and benign lesions in most cases. It makes therapeutic procedure other than surgical therapy possible. One of the procedures is the percutaneous

Patients with acromegaly are at increased risk of developing certain tumors, including goiter and thyroid nodules, and occasionally autonomous thyroid nodules. A 53-year-old woman presented at our hospital with untreated acromegaly. She had typical physical features of acromegaly with pituitary

Subacute thyroiditis (SAT) is usually diagnosed clinically without the need for fine-needle aspiration. The cytologic literature on this condition is therefore rare. We report on 14 cases of SAT presenting with thyroid nodules. The majority of patients were women with a mean age of 46 yr. All had

OBJECTIVE The use of radiofrequency ablation has increased rapidly in recent years and is receiving increased attention as a minimally invasive method to treat benign and malignant thyroid nodules. RESULTS Radiofrequency ablation has been shown to be an alternative to surgery in the treatment of

We have adopted OK-432 as a sclerosing agent in the treatment of cystic predominant thyroid nodules and have analyzed our findings to assess the efficacy of intralesional instillation of OK-432. From 1992 through 1993, 48 patients with recurrent or progressive cystic thyroid nodules after 2 or 3

OBJECTIVE Nodular thyroid disease is very frequent in iodine-deficient areas affecting at least 50% of the population. Percutaneous laser ablation (LA) represents an effective method and an alternative to conventional surgery. Since the first description of the LA methodology for thyroid nodules,