PAPILLON COURSE on THYROID ULTRASOUND

 

Curriculum

Online and webinars

THEMES

CORE on the WEB 1

TYPE 1 WEBINAR - joint case discussion 2

TYPE 2 WEBINAR –
live presentation 3

INTRODUCTORY COURSES

Course arrangement, teaching goals

 

September 16

 

 

Epidemiology

 

 

September 26

E.V. Nagy

Physics of ultrasound

 

 

E. Csajbók

How to find the thyroid?

P

 

 

 

Basic settings

P, C

 

 

 

Anatomical and pathological structures on thyroid ultrasound

P

 

 

 

Role of ultrasound in the evaluation of thyroid diseases

M 

 

October 3

T. Solymosi

Other imaging techniques

 

 

E. Mezosi

THE NODULAR GOITER

The composition of a thyroid nodule; cystic and solid nodules

P, M, V, D, C

October 10

 

 

Echogenicity of the nodule

P, M, V, D, C, E

 

 

Intranodular hyperechogenic figures

P, M, V, D, C, E

October 24

 

 

The borders of the nodule

P, M, V, D, C, E

November 7

 

 

The shape of the nodule

P, M, V, D, C

 

 

Fine needle aspiration cytology of the thyroid

 

 

November 14

F. Schmitt

The Bethesda system

 

 

Ph. Vielh

Extrathyroidal spread

P, M, V, D, C

November 28

 

 

The halo sign and the vascularization of the nodule

P, M, V, D, C

 

 

Elastography

M, C

 

 

 

The European TIRADS

P, M, V, D, C, E

 

December 5

G. Russ

TIRADS - Benefits and concerns

 

C. Durante

Discussion of cases

 

December 19
(C.Durante, G.Russ)

 

 

NON-NODULAR THYROID DISEASES

Lymphocytic thyroiditis

P, M, D, C

January 9

 

 

Graves' disease

P, M, D, C

 

 

Subacute granulomatous thyroiditis

P, M, D, C

 

 

NON-THYROIDAL ELEMENTS IN THE ANTERIOR NECK REGION

The ultrasound of the parathyroid

M, D, C

 

January 23

A. Frasoldati

Lymph nodes in the neck

M, V, D, C

 

A. Tóth

Discussion of cases

 

January 30
(S.Bonnema, C.Buffet, A.Frasoldati)

 

 

The neck compartments and their importance

 

 

February 13

C. Buffet

Other structures in the neck

C

 

R. Ngu

ADVANCED COURSES, ULTRASOUND-GUIDED MANEUVRES, RELATED TOPICS

Thyroid cancers

 

 

February 27

G. Grani

Ultrasound follow-up of patient operated on thyroid cancer

 

 

M. Erdogan

The aspect of the surgeon

 

 

March 13

F. Menegaux

New surgical techniques

 

 

B. Lévay

Large goiters

D, C

March 27

 

 

Ectopic thyroid

D, C

 

 

Ultrasound of operated thyroid

P, D, C

 

 

Discussion of cases

 

April 3
( G.Grani, G.Mauri, R.Ngu)

 

 

Percutaneous ethanol sclerotherapy

M, C

 

 

 

Radioiodine therapy for benign and malignant thyroid nodules

 

 

April 17

S. Bonnema

Thermal ablation technique

 

 

G. Mauri

Thermal ablation - present situation and future perspectives

 

 

April 24

E. Papini

Execution of thermal ablation

 

 

P.Á. Deák

Discrete lesions vs. pathological nodules

P, M, D, C, E

May 8

 

 

Integration

P, M, D, C

 

 

Ultrasound of thyroid cancers

M, D, C

 

 

The role of archiving

P, V, C

 

 

 

When and how should molecular diagnostics be integrated in the malignancy risk stratification of thyroid nodules?

 

 
May 15

R. Paschke

Thyroid pathology

 

 

E. Tóth

The three most important things about thyroid ultrasound

 

 

May 22

By most speakers

SUPPLEMENT - case studies of consecutively examined/operated patients

Patients with thyroid nodules

C

 

 

 

100 patients operated on papillary cancer

C

 

 

 

A working day in the thyroid unit

C

 

 

 

123 consecutively operated patients

C

 

 

 

Consecutive patients with Hashimoto's thyroiditis

C

 

 

 

Referred with nodular goiter - final diagnosis Hashimoto

C

 

 

 

Operated patients with final diagnosis of Hashimoto

C

 

 

 

 

1 P=prerecorded video presentation, M= manual, V = video about the theme, D = differential diagnostic tables C = case studies with voice over video, E = exam

2 Type 1 Webinar structure: Short summary of the topic (15 min) and discussion of 7-10 case studies which were made accessible to the Course Participants in advance (75 min). The edited version of the discussion will be presented on the web till the end of the course for those who could not participate at the conference. These events will be mentored by T.Solymosi except for the December 19, the January 30 and thee April 3 events when the cases are presented and the discussion are led by experts listed in the table.

3 Type 2 Webinar structure: A 90-minute event split into 2 blocks. Each block is consisted of a 30-min live presentation followed by a 15-min discussion. The recorded presentations will be available on the web for the 4 subsequent weeks (pending speaker approval).

 

CASE of THE MONTH SECTION

(see here)

EXAM

Exam for practice and for Course completion and Grade (see here). Five exams (see 'E' in the Table) related to major topics (see above). 75% correct answers are required in each to pass, with unlimited trial attempts. The deadline for completing the 5 exams is May 31, 2025.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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