Treatment of hyperfunctioning thyroid nodules by percutaneous ethanol injection

被引：10

作者：

Larijani B. ^{[1
]}

Pajouhi M. ^{[1
]}

Ghanaati H. ^{[2
]}

Bastanhagh M.-H. ^{[1
]}

Abbasvandi F. ^{[1
]}

Firooznia K. ^{[2
]}

Shirzad M. ^{[1
]}

Amini M.-R. ^{[1
]}

Sarai M. ^{[1
]}

Abbasvandi N. ^{[1
]}

Baradar-Jalili R. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Endocrinology/Metabolism Res. Center, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran

[2] Medical Imaging Centre, Imam Khomeini University Hospital, Tehran

来源：

BMC Endocrine Disorders | / 2卷 / 1期

关键词：

Ethanol; Hot thyroid nodules; Thyrotoxicosis; Treatment; Ultrasonography;

D O I：

10.1186/1472-6823-2-3

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摘要：

Background: Autonomous thyroid nodules can be treated by a variety of methods. We assessed the efficacy of percutaneous ethanol injection in treating autonomous thyroid nodules. Methods: 35 patients diagnosed by technetium-99 scanning with hyperfunctioning nodules and suppressed sensitive TSH (sTSH) were given sterile ethanol injections under ultrasound guidance. 29 patients had clinical and biochemical hyperthyroidism. The other 6 had sub-clinical hyperthyroidism with suppressed sTSH levels (<0.24 μIU/ml) and normal thyroid hormone levels. Ethanol injections were performed once every 1-4 weeks. Ethanol injections were stopped when serum T3, T4 and sTSH levels had returned to normal, or else injections could no longer be performed because significant side effects. Patients were followed up at 3, 6 and, in 15 patients, 24 months after the last injection. Results: Average pre-treatment nodule volume [18.2 ± 12.7 ml] decreased to 5.7 ± 4.6 ml at 6 months follow-up [P < 0.001]. All patients had normal thyroid hormone levels at 3 and 6 months follow-up [P < 0.001 relative to baseline]. sTSH levels increased from 0.09 ± 0.02 μIU/ml to 0.65 ± 0.8 μIU/ml at the end of therapy [P < 0.05]. Only 3 patients had persistent sTSH suppression at 6 months post-therapy. T4 and sTSH did not change significantly between 6 months and 2 years [P > 0.05]. Ethanol injections were well tolerated by the patients, with only 2 cases of transient dysphonia. Conclusion: Our findings indicate that ethanol injection is an alternative to surgery or radioactive iodine in the treatment of autonomous thyroid nodules. © 2002 Larijani et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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