Abstract
Experimental and clinical study of thyroidography recently, thyroidography (thyroidolymphography) has been applied to the diagnosis of thyroid tumors by an injection of a contrast medium directly into the thyroid gland. An image of the tumor was produced more clearly than in scanning procedures or USEG.
1. An experimental study of 12 dogs was undergone to determine the suitable dose of contrast medium to be injected into the thyroid gland. Conclusively, the suitable injected dose of lipiodol to one thyroid lobe was 0.05ml.
2. One hundred and seven autopsy cases were studied on the size of the thyroid glands. The average weight of thyroid gland was 13.40±5.45g and the average length was 4.68±0.78cm in right lobe, 4.45±0.71cm in left.
3. One the standpoint of the size of human thyroid gland, the suitable dose of contrast medium to one lobe was 0.3-0.5ml, conclusively.
4. One hundred and forty one cases with thyroid disease were treated in our department from 1972 to 1978. Radiological and pathological examinations of 75 cases were made. There were three radiological types (cystic, lobular and solid) of thyroid disease.
5. Radiological and pathological examination of regional lymphnodes showed a radioglaphical difference between malignant and benign tumor of thyroid gland.
