Refresher Course: Head and Neck

RC 2208 - Thyroid imaging: practice updates

March 2, 08:00 - 09:00 CET

5 min
Chairperson's introduction
15 min
Thyroid cancer: imaging strategies and staging
  1. To describe the imaging modalities available to stage thyroid cancer.
  2. To analyse the advantages and limitations of imaging modalities in thyroid cancer staging.
  3. To formulate a practical approach to imaging depending on tumour stage and histology.
15 min
Thyroid nodules: evidence-based practice
  1. To identify sonographic features used to determine the risk of malignancy in thyroid nodules and their relative accuracies.
  2. To analyse the utility of current national and international risk stratification systems.
  3. To apply an evidence-based approach to the radiological management of incidental thyroid nodules.
15 min
Ultrasound-guided ablation of thyroid nodules
  1. To name the technologies available for percutaneous thyroid nodule ablation.
  2. To describe practical techniques for safe and effective thyroid nodule ablation.
  3. To summarise the recent evidence on the efficacy and risks of percutaneous thyroid nodule ablation.
10 min
Panel discussion: How should we report the incidental thyroid nodule on imaging?