Atlas of Sonography of Parathyroid | PDF Download

Description:

This comprehensive atlas covers various common and uncommon cases of parathyroid disorders encountered in the day to day radiological practice. It serves as an illustrative database with numerous state of the art images of the diverse imaging features of parathyroid nodules and their correlation with various other imaging modalities. The book includes videos as well. It covers the typical and atypical ultrasound features of parathyroid nodules, their color Doppler findings and Sestamibi correlation. Size of the nodules detected range from small sub-centimeter nodules measuring between 6-15 mm, where often the sestamibi scan is negative, and diagnostic ultrasound scan is quite vital in management of these cases. The larger nodules range in size to be even larger than the thyroid gland and completely compressing and displacing the thyroid gland, which often leads to a missed diagnosis on initial imaging.

Chapters cover tips and tricks in scanning along with various pitfalls. Additionally, it covers parathyroid nodules diagnosed on ultrasound in Sestamibi negative cases, localization of additional parathyroid nodules and parathyroid carcinoma. It covers correlation with surgical findings and includes histopathology images where relevant.

The book serves as a teaching tool for radiologists, ENT surgeons, head and neck surgeons, general surgeons, endocrinologists, nephrologists, gastroenterologists, medical oncologists and radiation oncologists involved in the management of parathyroid disorders.

About the Author

Alka Ashmita Singhal a postgraduate in radiodiagnosis from Sawai Man Singh Medical College, Jaipur, affiliated to the University of Rajasthan. She has worked in Sydney, Australia, and in Toronto, Canada, in the field of ultrasound imaging. She is presently the associate director, Medanta Division of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine at Medanta the Medicity Hospital, Gurgaon, Delhi NCR, India. Dr Singhal is a regular invited faculty for her pioneering work on the art of localizing the tiny parathyroid nodules on ultrasound and for a precise thyroid and neck lymph node ultrasound assessment.

She has more than 50 peer-reviewed international publications and has delivered numerous oral and poster presentations in various international meetings related to radiology and head and neck, thyroid, and parathyroid imaging. She is a member of the Indian Society of thyroid Surgeons (ISTS) and International Federation of Head and Neck oncology (IFHNO). She is a leading Thyroid, Parathyroid, and Neck ultrasound imaging professional and is sought after for expert further ultrasound opinion in challenging cases. Member of IRIA, ICRI, RSNA, ECR, and BISI she is a reviewer of many leading international journals and has reviewed over 400 articles. She was invited as a Scientific Chairperson in 2019 by both European Congress of Radiology, Vienna, Austria, and Radiological Society of North America, Chicago, USA, for a session on neck-thyroid and parathyroid imaging. She is a recipient of Bharat Ratna Dr Radhakrishnan Gold Medal Award 2019 for her outstanding achievements in the areas of medicine and research particularly in the field of radiology and radiodiagnosis by the Global Economic Progress and Research Association, New Delhi.