Open AccessComputer-aided tomographic diagnosis of retrosternal goiter
Author(s) -
И И Дедов,
А И Бухман,
T. V. Putina,
S. Yu. Serpukhovitin
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
problemy èndokrinologii
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.124
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 2308-1430
pISSN - 0375-9660
DOI - 10.14341/probl12164
Subject(s) - goiter , computed tomographic , medicine , sternum , radiology , computed tomography , surgery , thyroid
The authors analyze the results of computer-aided tomographic (CAT) diagnosis in 25 patients with restrosternal goiter. They claim that CAT is a method of choice in the preoperative diagnosis of retrosternal goiter, permitting the solution of a problem on the volume of surgical intervention and of the type of anesthesia. CAT helps specify the site, size, and dissemination of goiter beyond the sternum and assess its relations with the adjacent organs and tissues.