Percutaneous injection of ethanol for thyroid nodule treatment: a comparative study.

Objective: Percutaneous ethanol injection (PEI) is an alternative to surgery for the treatment of thyroid nodules (TNs). However, size reductions of treated (TTNs) and untreated TN (UTNs) have not been compared. Volumetric reductions in TTNs with PEI were evaluated by comparing TTNs and UTNs in the same patient, and independent variables predicting good post-PEI outcomes were analyzed.

Is there any association between Hashimoto's thyroiditis and thyroid cancer? A retrospective data analysis.

Objective: To evaluate the association between Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) and papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC).

Materials And Methods: The patients were evaluated by ultrasonography-guided fine needle aspiration cytology. Typical cytopathological aspects and/or classical histopathological findings were taken into consideration in the diagnosis of HT, and only histopathological results were considered in the diagnosis of PTC.

[Percutaneous ethanol injection for the treatment of thyroid nodules].

To verify the effectiveness of percutaneous ethanol injection (PEI) in the treatment of thyroid nodules (TN), we analyzed 86 TN from 77 patients before and after one or two sessions of PEI. The medians of the initial and final volumes were: 3.5 mL (range 0.

[Obstructive sleep apnea and hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS): association with obesity, gender and age].

Obstructive sleep apnea and hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) has been the focus of extensive research because of its association with neurocognitive and cardiovascular complications. The aim of this study was to evaluate the frequency and association between OSAHS and the class of obesity, gender and age in outpatients referred to a sleep laboratory. We selected 1,595 patients, 71.

[Association of gamma-glutamyl transferase and the metabolic syndrome in obese women].

Objective: To evaluate the correlation of gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT) activity to the presence and number of abnormalities of the metabolic syndrome (MS).

Subject And Methods: We have studied 353 women consecutively admitted into the obesity outpatient unit, aged 39.0 +/- 11.