Percutaneous Ethanol Injection for Benign Cystic Thyroid Nodules

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2019-01-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Use of ethanol injection in treatment of cystic thyroid nodule

• Phase: Phase 1
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: hassan harby; hassan harby mohamed
• Treatments: Ethanol

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Adult male or female patient with cystic thyroid nodule

2. Presence of pressure symptoms or cosmetic problems

3. Benign lesions confirmed by histopathological examination by FNAC.

4. Serum levels of thyroid hormone thyrotropin, within normal limits.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Nodules showing malignant features(ie, speculated margin, markedly hypo echoic, micro- or macro calcifications) at US

2. solid thyroid nodule

3. mixed thyroid nodule(cystic with solid component)