[Scano- and echography in the diagnosis of thyroid diseases].

Echography was found more preferable in the differentiation of diffuse and nodular types of goiter and in the detection of thyroid cancer. Scanography was shown to be a valuable method for the determination of a shape, topography and function of the thyroid and its zones as well as in the diagnosis of autoimmune thyroiditis.

[A combination of thyroid diseases with a neoplastic process in the thyroid tissue].

Altogether 252 case records of patients operated on for thyroid cancer were analyzed to determine the frequency of combination of a neoplastic process with autoimmune thyroiditis. Analysis of morphological findings of the operative material has shown that thyroid cancer in autoimmune thyroiditis occurs 2.5-times less than in adenomatous goiter and 1.

[The use of fat and protein metabolic indices in assessing the compensation status of diabetics].

The examination of 448 patients with diabetes mellitus has shown that the use of indices of cholesterol, nonesterified fatty acids, ketone bodies, residual nitrogen, urea and creatinine using range normal limits permits the assessment in combination with clinical findings of the state of compensation. Change in the state of fat and protein metabolism was shown to be related, to a great extent, with a type of diabetes rather than with a patient's age.

[A centering guide for the gamma camera].

A device for centering a gamma-camera indicator is described. It permits the use of available medical coaches instead of a table with a transparent top. The device can be used for centering an indicator (when it is fixed at the low end of a gamma-camera) on a required area of the patient's body.