[Clinical value of fine-needle aspiration biopsy of the thyroid gland].

The work compares the results of fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FAB) of the thyroid gland in nodular and diffuse-nodular euthyroid goiter (63 patients) with the findings of pathomorphological study of the operative material (51 patients). The authors' original device for puncture of the thyroid node is described. The suggested method makes it possible to raise the efficacy of obtaining an adequate amount of aspired material to 92%.

[Clinico-morphologic comparisons in the combined study of the thyroid gland].

The authors conducted radionuclide and ultrasonic scanning (RNS and USS) of 92 patients with thyroid nodal lesions (colloid goiter, adenoma, cyst, thyroiditis and cancer). The results obtained were correlated with those of surgical intervention and histology findings. The combination of RNS and USS of the thyroid made it possible to accurately define the site, sizes, function and internal structure of a node.