Atlas of Sonography of Parathyroid

Dr Alka A Singhal a post graduate in radiodiagnosis from Sawai Man Singh Medical College Jaipur, affiliated to University of Rajasthan. She has worked in Sydney Australia and in Toronto Canada in the field of ultrasound Imaging. She is presently the associate director, Medanta Division of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine at Medanta the Medicity Hospital Gurgaon Delhi NCR India. Dr Singhal is a regular invited faculty for her pioneering work on the art of localizing the tiny parathyroid nodules on ultrasound and for a precise thyroid and neck lymph node ultrasound assessment.  She has more than 50 peer reviewed international publications and has delivered numerous oral and poster presentations in various international meetings related to radiology and head and neck, thyroid and parathyroid imaging. She is a member of the Indian Society of thyroid Surgeons (ISTS) and International Federation of Head and Neck oncology (IFHNO). She is a leading Thyroid, Parathyroid and Neck ultrasound imaging professional and is sought after for expert further ultrasound opinion in challenging cases.  Member of IRIA, ICRI, RSNA, ECR, BISI she is a reviewer with many leading international journals and has reviewed over 400 articles. She was invited as a Scientific Chairperson in 2019 by both, European Congress of Radiology, Vienna, Austria and Radiological Society of North America, Chicago, USA, for a session on neck-thyroid and parathyroid imaging. She is a recipient of Bharat Ratna Dr Radhakrishnan Gold Medal Award 2019 for her outstanding achievements in the field of medicine and research for radiology and radiodiagnosis by the Global Economic Progress and Research Association, New Delhi. 

Introduction to parathyroid sonography.- Sonography of a typical parathyroid adenoma :  Solitary parathyroids as seen on ultrasound.-  Atypical Sonographic appearances of enlarged Parathyroids.- Sonography of  Large parathyroid adenomas.-  Role of ultrasound in evaluation of ectopic parathyroids glands.- Sonographic technique and tips to localize tiny parathyroids.-  Sonography of Dual and Multiple parathyroid adenomas in sporadic Primary Hyperparathyroidism.- Role of sonography in Hyperparathyroidism in chronic kidney disease and post renal transplant recipients.-Sonography findings in Parathyroid carcinoma and Heterogenous parathyroids.- Ultrasound evaluation of Parathyroid adenoma with co-exist thyroid ds.- Ultrasound essentials in MEN Syndromes and familial Hyperparathyroidism.- Essentials of Surgical perspectives of parathyroid surgery.