Chapter 49 Ethics and Malpractice in Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery Peter Angelos, Keith S. Heller Malpractice Issues Introduction All surgeons are ethically concerned about limiting surgical complications. In the United…
Chapter 14 Preoperative Radiographic Mapping of Nodal Disease for Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma Sara L. Richer, Dipti Kamani, Gregory W. Randolph Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is the most common histologic type…
Chapter 11 The Evaluation and Management of Thyroid Nodules Erik K. Alexander Introduction Thyroid nodules are common. The prevalence of nodularity increases with age, and population surveys suggest nearly 5%…
Chapter 5 Hyperthyroidism Toxic Nodular Goiter and Graves’ Disease Kamal A.S. Al-Shoumer, Hossein Gharib Introduction Hyperthyroidism refers to thyrotoxicosis caused by the overproduction of the thyroid hormones thyroxine (T4) and…
Chapter 25 Sporadic Medullary Thyroid Microcarcinoma Bruno Niederle, Christian Scheuba Introduction Thorough experience has been gained from biochemical screening programs for the early diagnosis of C-cell disease in families with…
Chapter 15 Pre- and Postoperative Laryngeal Exam in Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery Radu Mihai, Gregory W. Randolph Introduction Please go to expertconsult.com to view related video Fiberoptic Laryngeal Exam: Laryngeal…
Chapter 26 Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer and Thyroid Lymphoma Kenneth B. Ain, Joseph Valentino Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma Nature of the Disease Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma (ATC) is the most aggressive and deadly…
Chapter 19 Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma Douglas S. Ross Papillary cancers that are 10 mm or less in maximal diameter are called micropapillary cancers. The most recent World Health Organization (WHO) classification…
Chapter 4 Thyroiditis Alan P. Farwell, Lewis E. Braverman Introduction Thyroiditis comprises a diverse group of disorders that are among the most common endocrine abnormalities encountered in medical endocrine clinical…
Chapter 6 Thyroglossal Duct Cysts and Ectopic Thyroid Tissue Maisie L. Shindo Embryology Embryologically, the median anlage of the thyroid originates from the endodermal segment in the floor of the…
