Dr.Guttler’s Patient Thyroid Blog Post: List of Thyroid conditions can be treated without surgery with Ethanol or Radiofrequency Ablation. 1. Class II cytology benign thyroid nodules. 2. Proven benign class III and IV cytology nodules...
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Dr.Guttler’s Patient Thyroid Blog Posts: PET/CT can it Prevent futile surgery on indeterminate thyroid nodules? This paper suggests the answer is yes. E. deKoster et al Eur J. Nucl Med Mol Imaging April 2022 49: 1970-84. Dr.Guttler’s...
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Dr.Guttler’s Patient Thyroid Blog Post: Can PET/CT prevent surgery in Class III atypical thyroid nodules? A.Piccardo et al Endocrine 2020 69-533-561 Dr.Guttler’s comments: 1. 111 patients were classified as Class III cytology. 67Class...
More infoDR.Guttler’s Patient Thyroid Blog Post: Infants at risk for thyroid dysfunction after contrast dye testing. Dr.Guttler’s comments: 1. 3,481 patients under 3 years of age who were exposed to ICM, thyroid dysfunction was reported in...
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Benign Ectopic Thyroid BET in the Lateral (Level II) Neck Compartment Dr.Guttler’s Comments: Image of a Cutting Needle biopsy of the wall of a cystic nodule as seen here could have proved it was benign normal thyroid tissue...
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1. Thyroid Nodules: Pure cyst or > 50 fluid use ethanol ablation PEI. Solid mixed cyst >50% use Radiofrequency ablation RFA. 2. Solid Thyroid Nodules: Toxic or Autonomous Functioning Nodule with Low TSH and High T4: Treat with RFA instead...
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Benign thyroid nodules class 11 are good candidates for Ablation. However, Class III will need more studies to be sure you don’t have a nodule with potential for thyroid cancer. A suspicious needle biopsy alone can lead to unnecessary...
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Skin involvement with recurrent thyroid cancer.
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