PAPILLON COURSE on THYROID ULTRASOUND

 

Webinars

Schedule

 

Type 1 Webinars 1 Related Theme (see Curriculum)	Date	Type 2 Webinars 2 Topic and speakers
Introductory courses
1 Course arrangement and teaching goals	October 7
2 The normal thyroid - how to find the thyroid gland and how it looks like in a healthy individual
	October 14	3 Epidemiology of thyroid diseases by E.V. Nagy
		4 Technical details and background physics of ultrasound examination by E. Csajbok
The nodular goiter
6 The composition of a thyroid nodule ; cystic and solid nodules	November 4
7 Echogenicity of the nodule
8 Intranodular hyperechogenic figures	November 18
9 The borders of the nodule	December 2
10 The shape of the nodule
11 Extrathyroidal spread	January 6
12 The halo sign and the vascularization of the nodule
	January 13	13 The European TIRADS by G. Russ
		14 TIRADS - Benefits and concerns by C. Durante
Non-nodular thyroid diseases
15 Lymphocytic thyroiditis	February 3
16 Graves' disease
17 Subacute granulomatous thyroiditis
Non-thyroidal elements in the anterior neck region
	February 23	18 The parathyroid by A. Frasoldati
		19 Lymph nodes in the neck by K. Molnar
	February 24	20 The neck compartments and their importance by L. Leenhardt
		21 Other structures in the neck by R. Ngu
Ultrasound-guided maneuvers
	March 10	23 Thermal ablation techniques for thyroid lesions by E. Papini
		24 The role of non-surgical techniques in the treatment of nodular goiter by S. Bonnema
Advanced courses
25 Ectopic thyroid	March 24
26 Difficult-to-examine patients and substernal spread
27 The operated thyroid (benign histopathology)
28 The relation between discrete lesions and pathological nodules	April 14
29 Teamwork
Miscellaneous
	April 19	31 Ultrasound follow-up of patient operated on thyroid cancer by M.F. Erdogan
		32 Alternative imaging techniques (CT, MR, PET-CT, nuclear) by E. Mezosi
	April 21	38 When and how should molecular diagnostics be integrated in the malignancy risk stratification of thyroid nodules? by R. Paschke
		33 The aspect of the surgeon by F. Menegaux
	May 5	34 Fine-needle aspiration cytology of the thyroid by F.Schmitt
		35 The Bethesda system by Ph.Vielh
	May 12	36 The technique of core biopsy by G.Russ
		37 Thyroid pathology by E. Toth
	May 19	40 A personal half century tour down US memory lane. From ignorance to implementation and abuse? by L. Hegedűs
	May 19	+ A final lecture focusing on practical issues by T. Solymosi

 

¹ Type 1 Webinar structure: Short summary of the topic (15 min) and discussion of 6 case studies which were made accessible to the Course Participants in advance (60 min). The edited version of the discussion will be presented on the web for the subsequent 4 weeks for those who could not participate at the conference. These events will be mentored by T.Solymosi.

² 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). Names marked in black who accepted the invitation. With red, whose response we are still waiting for.