Endocrine Imaging , An Issue of Radiologic Clinics of North America

1st Edition, Volume 58-6 - October 23, 2020
Editor: Mark E. Lockhart
Language: English
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This issue of Radiologic Clinics of North America focuses on Endocrine Imaging and is edited by Dr. Mark E. Lockhart. Articles will include: Molecular imaging in the head and neck:… Read more

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This issue of Radiologic Clinics of North America focuses on Endocrine Imaging and is edited by Dr. Mark E. Lockhart. Articles will include: Molecular imaging in the head and neck: Diagnosis and therapy; Endocrine imaging: The referring clinician perspective; Thyroid disease in the age of incidental findings; Normal thyroid: US with technical pearls and pitfalls; Thyroid diffuse and nodular disease ultrasound; CT and MRI of thyroid disease; Multimodality imaging of neuroendocrine tumors; Neck, thyroid, and parathyroid imaging procedures; Parathyroid imaging; Neuroimaging of pituitary disease; Adrenal imaging; Neuroendocrine tumors: Imaging of treatment and follow-up; and more!

Cover image
Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
Contributors
CME Accreditation Page
Forthcoming Issues
Preface
Diagnosis and Evaluation of Thyroid Nodules-the Clinician’s Perspective
Key points
Introduction
Thyroid nodules
Palpable and nonpalpable nodules
Detection
Initial evaluation
Diagnosis
Multinodular goiter and toxic nodules
Cytology
Follow-up
Summary
Thyroid Incidentalomas: Practice Considerations for Radiologists in the Age of Incidental Findings
Key points
Introduction
Prevalence of thyroid incidentalomas
An era of incidental findings?
Cancer risk in thyroid incidentalomas
Published guidelines for reporting and evaluating incidental thyroid lesions
Future directions for improving incidentaloma management
What the referring physician wants to know
Pearls
Summary
Ultrasound of the Normal Thyroid with Technical Pearls and Pitfalls
Key points
Introduction
Imaging protocols
Imaging findings
Anatomic variants
Imaging pitfalls
Technical pearls
Summary
Thyroid Ultrasound: Diffuse and Nodular Disease
Key points
Introduction
Diffuse thyroid disease
Thyroiditis
Focal thyroid abnormalities
Approach to thyroid nodules
Pitfalls in nodule evaluation
Summary
Computed Tomography and MR Imaging of Thyroid Disease
Key points
Introduction
Normal anatomy and imaging technique
Imaging characteristics
Thyroid pathology
Treatment implications
Differential diagnosis
Pearls, pitfalls, variants
What the referring physician needs to know
Summary
Parathyroid Imaging
Key points
Introduction
Imaging protocols
Imaging findings/pathology
What the referring physician needs to know
Summary
Neck Procedures: Thyroid and Parathyroid
Key points
Introduction
Fine-needle sampling: terminology, efficacy, and quality assessment
Thyroid and parathyroid fine-needle aspiration: our approach
Ultrasonography-guided ablations in the head and neck
Imaging of Adrenal-Related Endocrine Disorders
Key points
Introduction
Imaging evaluation
Overview of adrenal-related endocrine disorders
Summary
Neuroimaging of the Pituitary Gland: Practical Anatomy and Pathology
Key points
Introduction
Anatomy
Technique
Adenoma
Pituitary carcinoma
Metastatic lesions to the pituitary
Pituitary hyperplasia
Rathke cleft cyst
Craniopharyngioma
Germinoma/germ cell tumors
Pituicytoma
Meningioma
Hypophysitis
Summary
Molecular Imaging in the Head and Neck: Diagnosis and Therapy
Key points
Introduction
Thyroid-benign disease
Thyroid-malignant disease
Parathyroid disease
Salivary glands
Neuroendocrine tumors of the head and neck
Summary
Disclosure
Multimodality Imaging of Neuroendocrine Tumors
Key points
Introduction
Imaging protocols
Pathology and imaging considerations
Gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors
Lung and thymic carcinoid tumors
Pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma
Summary
Neuroendocrine Tumors: Imaging of Treatment and Follow-up
Key points
Introduction
Treatment considerations and expected outcomes
Somatostatin analogs
Image-guided liver-directed therapies
New targeted agents
Peptide receptor radionuclide therapy
Imaging treatment response and follow-up
Anatomic imaging
Functional imaging
Response assessment
Specific imaging considerations
Summary