山田 弘之¹, 矢野原 邦生¹, 宮木 良生²

Hiroyuki YAMADA¹, Kunio YANOHARA¹, Yoshio MIYAKI²

¹山田赤十字病院耳鼻咽喉科, ²山田赤十字病院放射線科

¹Department of Otolaryngology, Yamada Red-Cross Hospital, ²Department of Radiology, Yamada Red-Cross Hospital

キーワード : Paresthesia of throat, Ultrasonography, Thyroid tumor, Screening examination

The number of patients with paresthesia of their throat is increasing. The most important point is to rule out malignant tumors. Ultrasound findings of the thyroid showed the space occupying lesions in 30.3% of the patients with paresthesia of their throat. We found cancers in 1.14% of those patients.
Ultrasonography is significant for the screening thyroid abnormal lesions, and is essential for medical examination of the patients with paresthesia of their throat.