DIFFERENTIAL TECHNIQUE FOR DIAGNOSTIC OF NECK FORMATIONS Russian patent published in 2016 - IPC A61B10/02 G01N33/531 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention refers to medicine, namely to minimally invasive methods in surgical Endocrinology, and concerns a differential diagnosis of formations of the neck. This method involves the ultrasound-controlled fine-needle aspiration biopsy needle, which is made once one needle through one puncture. Produced material is extruded from the needle to perform cytological analysis. That is followed by washing of remained material from aspiration needle for determining level of parathyroid hormone and thyroglobulin. Washing of the needle with preliminary prepared serum based on a mixture of healthy donor serums with a known level of parathyroid hormone and thyroglobulin level.

EFFECT: method reduces injuries during diagnostic manipulations, reduces time for updating diagnosis when scheduling volume of surgical management, cheap and simple in execution, can be used in stationary and out-patient conditions without anaesthesia.

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