METHOD FOR PREDICTING EFFICIENCY IN TREATING THYROID CYSTS DUE TO PERCUTANEOUS ETHANOL SCLEROTHERAPY Russian patent published in 2007 - IPC G01N33/487 

FIELD: medicine, endocrinology.

SUBSTANCE: it is necessary to fulfill a 2-fold thin-needle aspiration biopsy of cystic neoplasms under US control along cytological investigation of aspirate to prove benign nature of cystic neoplasm. For investigation one should take two samples of aspirate: the first - during the first diagnostic puncture, the second - during the second diagnostic puncture; while studying the first sample of aspirate it is important to determine its viscosity; the second sample of aspirate should be studied due to wedge-like dehydration, moreover, one should study the structure of obtained fascia with the help of microscope. High efficiency of treating thyroid cysts due to percutaneous ethanol sclerotherapy could be predicted at the presence of, at least, one of the following signs: 1) viscosity of the first aspirate's sample being under 1.8; 2) availability of inflammation marker - tongue-shaped fields in peripheral area of fascia obtained out of the second aspirate's sample. Application of the present innovation enables to fulfill prediction in shortened terms at simplified technique of implementation.

EFFECT: higher efficiency and accuracy of prediction.

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