ULTRASOUND COURSE
44th Annual Meeting of the European Thyroid Association
Precourse activity
Here we present 10, prerecorded online lectures. To view these presentations is a condition for the September 10 personal course to be of real benefit.
These lectures serve as introduction to thyroid ultrasound. We discuss basic features and patterns and give a summary of the ultrasound of nodular and non-nodular thyroid diseases, the parathyroid and neck lymph nodes. A lecture on thyroid aspiration cytology is also presented.
The list of prerecorded lectures are as follows. Please, click on the >>> item to view the actual lecture.
Normal head and neck ultrasound anatomy (15 min)
Discuss the anatomy of the neck and identify the important landmarks - Rose Ngu >>>
Sonographic assessment of thyroid nodules (60-90 min)
Sub-module A (30-45 min):
Identify and measure thyroid nodules - Steen J Bonnema >>>
Recognize ultrasound characteristics of benign and malignant nodules that have predictive value in deciding treatment - Enrico Papini >>>
Sub-module B (30-45 min):
EU-TIRADS - Gilles Russ >>>
Discuss the current guidelines for biopsy of nodules - Cosimo Durante >>>
Ultrasound of diffuse thyroid disorders/goiter (30 min)
Ultrasound patterns seen in autoimmune thyroiditis, including pseudo-nodules - Tamás Solymosi >>>
Sonographic assessment of cervical lymph nodes (30 min)
Recognize ultrasound characteristics of benign and malignant lymph nodes (30 min) - Camille Buffet >>>
Sonographic assessment of parathyroid adenomas (30 min)
The parathyroids - anatomical variations in the location, ultrasound appearance - Andrea Frasoldati >>>
Fine needle aspiration biopsy (60 min)
Sub-module A (30 min)
Discuss the variety of techniques of performing the procedure - Tamás Solymosi >>>
Sub-module B (30 min)
Classification systems - Fernando Schmitt >>>
Clinical cases (30 min)
Presented by Patrick Pétrossians >>>