The International School of Thyroid Ultrasonography “Advanced practical thyroid ultrasound course: Focus on diagnostic elastosonography and laser treatment of thyroid nodules" will be held on the following dates. Click on any of the dates for more information.
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Thyroid nodules are a common clinical finding, with an estimated prevalence from 3% to 7% at palpation. Prevalence of non-palpable nodules at thyroid ultrasound (US) in the general population is much higher; moreover, many patients with palpable thyroid nodule have additional nodules at US (15-35%). The great majority of thyroid nodules are benign, with less than 5% being malignant (i.e. carcinomas). While cytological examination of fine needle aspirates is the gold standard for discriminating malignant nodules, thyroid conventional US patterns have high specificity but low sensitivity in the diagnosis of carcinomas.
Elastosonography is a new technique which employs US to provide an estimation of nodular stiffness and is being developed for getting a better accuracy in diagnosis. Also, alternative treatment modalities for benign thyroid nodules, such as laser therapy, a novel mini-invasive treatment, are currently being tested, to overcome the limits of medical therapy and to avoid unnecessary thyroid excision.
EXCEMED is collaborating with the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Endocrine Unit 1, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, of the University of Pisa, Italy, in organizing an advanced course on thyroid ultrasonography focusing on new modalities for the diagnosis and treatment of thyroid nodules that will be exploring the practical aspects of US-guided diagnostic elastosonography and laser therapy in the management of thyroid nodules.
The main objectives of this course are to review the latest news in thyroid ultrasound diagnostic criteria and applications in presence of thyroid nodules and to teach tools for use in daily clinical practice regarding the execution of diagnostic elastosonography and laser treatment for benign nodules.
University of Pisa
Endocrine Unit # 1
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine
Via Paradisa, 2 - 56124 Pisa, Italy
LanguageThe official language of the live educational course will be English.
The registration fee is €700
This fee includes:
Denise Rizzitelli c/o Meridiano Congress International
Via Sapri, 6 - 00185 Rome, Italy
Tel.: +39 06 88595 210 - Fax: +39 06 88595 234
E-mail: [email protected]
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