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Ecografia tiroidea

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Per la semplicità dell’apparecchiatura richiesta e per l’immediatezza delle immagini che fornisce, l’ecografia è l’unica tra le diagnostiche per immagini che si è estesa oltre le strette competenze radiologiche, entrando a far parte delle metodologie usate nella pratica clinica quotidiana in molte branche specialistiche come la medicina interna, la chirurgia, la gastroenterologia e l’endocrinologia. È importante che l’esecutore sia prima di tutto un buon clinico, in quanto l’esame è operatore-dipendente e presuppone un rapporto diretto con il paziente.

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Vitti, P., Rago, T. Ecografia tiroidea. L’Endocrinologo 1, 31–43 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03344367

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