This atlas draws on a multidisciplinary approach to provide a comprehensive overview on
endocrine disorders of the head and neck with particular emphasis on the role of imaging and
image-guided procedures. The first section discusses the basic characteristics of the imaging
methods and other techniques used for evaluation and diagnosis. The remainder of the book
focuses on application of these methods in thyroid parathyroid and other endocrine disorders
of the head and neck. The coverage is wide ranging encompassing Graves¿ disease toxic
multinodular goiter toxic adenoma thyroiditis non-toxic goiter benign nodules and the
different forms of thyroid carcinoma as well as parathyroid adenoma hyperplasia and
carcinoma and paragangliomas. Informative high-quality images are provided by international
experts in endocrine disorders including endocrinologists pathologists radiologists nuclear
medicine physicians and surgeons who also discuss sample cases and provide syntheses of the
relevant scientific literature.
