[Sclerotherapy of solid nodules in the thyroid gland].

We have studied long-term effects (3-8 years) of transcutaneous sclerotherapy with ethanol in a group of 123 patients at the age from 17 to 87 y.o. The patients had benign solid nodular formations of thyroid gland at volume from 0.7 to 162.8 ml. It was revealed, that a reduction degree of the solid nodular formations don't depend on ingoing sizes. The efficiency of sclerotherapy first of all is up to internal structure of the solid nodular formation and its stroma structure development.