ULTRASOUND COURSE

47th Annual Meeting of the European Thyroid Association

Here we present 13, prerecorded online lectures. To view these presentations is a condition for the September 7 live 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

Discuss the anatomy of the neck and identify the important landmarks - Rose Ngu >>>

How to execute a thyroid ultrasound examination? Instruction for beginners - Tamas Solymosi >>>

Tips on ultrasound machine set-up - Gilles Russ >>>

Sonographic assessment of thyroid nodules

Identify and measure thyroid nodules - Steen J Bonnema >>>

Ultrasound features in Thyroid Nodular Disease - A Lexicon - Cosimo Durante and Enrico Papini >>>

EU-TIRADS - Gilles Russ >>>

Discuss the current guidelines for biopsy of nodules - Cosimo Durante >>>

Ultrasound of diffuse thyroid disorders and non-thyroid organs in the neck

Ultrasound patterns seen in autoimmune thyroiditis, including pseudo-nodules - Tamás Solymosi >>>

Recognize ultrasound characteristics of benign and malignant lymph nodes - Camille Buffet >>>

The parathyroids - anatomy, ultrasound appearance - Andrea Frasoldati >>>

Fine needle aspiration biopsy

Discuss the variety of techniques of performing the procedure - Tamás Solymosi >>>

Classification systems - Fernando Schmitt >>>

Minimally invasive techniques

Lecture on non-surgical treatments - Cosimo Durante and Enrico Papini >>>

Clinical cases

Clinical cases with ultrasound video and a quiz - Tamas Solymosi >>>