Table 2.
Nodule characteristics
| Patient number | TN location | Average depth of focal point during treatment in mm | 99m Tc-pertechnetate uptake behaviour/functionality | Nodular structure | TN volume in cm 3 | TN height diameter in mm | TN width diameter in mm | TN depth diameter in mm | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before treatment | 3 months after treatment | Before treatment | 3 months after treatment | Before treatment | 3 months after treatment | Before treatment | 3 months after treatment | |||||
| 1 | Cranial left | 24.3 | Cold | Solid | 1.1 | 0.7 | 12.2 | 13.9 | 13.8 | 10.9 | 13.9 | 10.1 |
| 2 | Caudal left | 18.3 | Hot | Solid | 0.8 | 0.2 | 13.1 | 5.4 | 9.3 | 5.1 | 13.8 | 12.6 |
| 3 | Isthmal | 13.6 | Cold | Echocomplex | 4.3 | 2.2 | 16.2 | 11.0 | 23.2 | 19.9 | 24.2 | 21.4 |
| 4 | Caudal right | 14.7 | Hot | Echocomplex | 1.7 | 0.6 | 11.4 | 6.6 | 16.0 | 16.2 | 20.0 | 12.6 |
| 5 | Centro-cranial right | 14.4 | Cold | Solid | 3.5 | 2.2 | 13.8 | 8.5 | 20.3 | 21.3 | 25.9 | 25.0 |
| 6 | Cranial left | 17.1 | Cold | Solid | 1.0 | 0.3 | 9.0 | 6.6 | 16.3 | 8.3 | 15.4 | 11.3 |
| 7 | Centro-caudal right | 21.4 | Indifferent | Echocomplex | 3.8 | 3.3 | 15.3 | 18.1 | 18.2 | 14.5 | 29.2 | 25.4 |
| 8 | Caudal left | 23.7 | Cold | Echocomplex | 7.7 | 3.0 | 21.2 | 8.8 | 25.4 | 27.6 | 29.8 | 25.6 |
| 9 | Centro-caudal left | 23.6 | Cold | Echocomplex | 4.0 | 3.5 | 18.5 | 17.2 | 27.8 | 28.4 | 16.1 | 15.0 |
This table shows detailed information on each treated nodule.