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De Quervain's thyroiditis echocardiography or ultrasound

Introduction

Overview

Overview

There are no echocardiograms associated with de Quervain’s thyroiditis. Ultrasound findings associated with de Quervain’s thyroiditis are hypoechoic areas, glandular irregularities, and nonhomogeneous echo-texture.

Echocardiography or Ultrasound

Echocardiography or Ultrasound

There are no echocardiograms associated with de Quervain’s thyroiditis.

Neck ultrasound for de Quervain’s thyroiditis usually reveals:^[1]

Hypoechoic areas
Mild thyroid enlargement
Nonhomogeneous echo-texture

De Quervain’s thyroiditis ultrasound; Ill-defined irregular region of heterogeneous hypoechogenicity. (Case courtesy of Dr Andrew Ryan, Radiopaedia.org, rID: 17052)

De Quervain’s thyroiditis ultrasound; Ill-defined irregular region of heterogeneous hypoechogenicity. (Case courtesy of Dr Andrew Ryan, Radiopaedia.org, rID: 17052)

De Quervain’s thyroiditis ultrasound; No elevation of flow on colour doppler examination. (Case courtesy of Dr Andrew Ryan, Radiopaedia.org, rID: 17052)

References

References

↑ Fatourechi V, Aniszewski JP, Fatourechi GZ, Atkinson EJ, Jacobsen SJ (2003). “Clinical features and outcome of subacute thyroiditis in an incidence cohort: Olmsted County, Minnesota, study”. J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 88 (5): 2100–5. doi:10.1210/jc.2002-021799. PMID 12727961.

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