Ultrasonography of the thyroid in children and adolescents

With the focus on childhood thyroid cancer, this book offers a wide range of sonographical and pathological findings of thyroid-diseases in children and adolescents. In the wake of the Chernobyl desaster, a considerable increase in thyroid-diseases was observed in Belorussia, the country most heavily contaminated by radioactive fallout. The authors of this book have worked in close international cooperation aiming both at early diagnosis and effective treatment especially of childhood thyroid cancer in a large number of patients. They share their unique experience and knowledge in a modern way by presenting case-histories together with the corresponding sonographic and parthologic findings. This book will be a valuable companion to all professionals involved in the diagnostics and treatment of thyroid diseases.