A retrospective analysis of the findings of fine needle puncture biopsy of the thyroid in 256 patients operated on for nodular goiter is presented. Cytologic findings coincided with the histologic in 84.8% of cases.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe authors analyze thyroalgias occurring in various thyroid diseases and diseases of the adjacent organs and tissues. They come to a conclusion that as far as thyroid diseases are concerned, true thyroalgias are the most incident in various thyroiditis forms, thyroid tumors, postoperative cicatrices, and are explained by the pathologic process impact on glandular capsule (stretching, intergrowth, pressure, etc.).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIrradiation of human peripheral blood lymphocytes with an He-Ne laser (at 632.8 nm) at doses between 28 and 112 J m-2 caused changes in the chromatin during the first 6 h after exposure that were similar to those found after stimulation of the lymphocytes by phytohaemagglutinin (PHA), i.e.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe content of antithyroid antibodies (AtAb) in the blood of patients with Hashimoto's goiter was studied over time, namely during the treatment with thyroid drugs and after surgical interventions of different scope. The patients' groups with diverse changes in the AtAb titers during the conservative treatment were revealed. The analogous types of the time-course of changes in antibodies to thyroglobulins (AbTg) were discovered after a surgical intervention irrespective of the operation scope whereas the persistence of antibodies to microsomal antigen (AbMa) after the operation depended on the mass of the remaining thyroid tissue.
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