Clinical Efficacy

Thyroid

Transversal sonography scan and 123I thyroid scan in a 26 year-old-man with right toxic

thyroid nodule obtained before HIFU and 18 months after HIFU(1).

Parathyroid

Longitudinal sonography scan and color Doppler in a 73-year-old-woman with an upper left parathyroid tumor obtained before the first HIFU session and 12 months after the second HIFU session(2).

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Clinical results in a 71 year-old-woman with upper left parathyroid tumor obtained after 2

HIFU sessions and 12 months of follow-up(3).

(1) Minimally Invasive Ablation of a Toxic Thyroid Nodule by High Intensity Focused Ultrasound, Esnault et al., AJNR (Accepted).

(2) (3) High Intensity Focused Ultrasound Treatment in Primary Hyperparathyroidism: a Feasibility Study in Four Patients, Kovatcheva et al., AJR (Accepted).