Goiter echocardiography or ultrasound
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Aravind Reddy Kothagadi M.B.B.S[2]
Overview
Overview
Ultrasound may be helpful in determining the physical characteristics of the goiter. Ultrasound also aids in ultrasound guided FNA.
Ultrasound
Ultrasound
- Ultrasound may be helpful in determining the characteristics of the goiter such as:[1][2][3]
- In distinguishing solid nodules from cystic nodules;
- In assessing whether more than one nodule exists;
- In assessing the exact size and shape of the thyroid gland;
- Microcalcifications;
- Increased vascularity;
- Nodal involvement.
- Thyroid ultrasound aids in ultrasound guided FNA.
References
References
- ↑ Fang J, Zhu M, Li C, Zhang Q, Wang M (1998). “The diagnosis of diffuse goitre by ultrasound imaging in children”. J. Tongji Med. Univ. 18 (1): 61–4. PMID 10806807.
- ↑ Kambalapalli M, Gupta A, Prasad UR, Francis GL (2015). “Ultrasound characteristics of the thyroid in children and adolescents with goiter: a single center experience”. Thyroid. 25 (2): 176–82. doi:10.1089/thy.2014.0161. PMC 4322035. PMID 25340407.
- ↑ Wong KT, Ahuja AT (2005). “Ultrasound of thyroid cancer”. Cancer Imaging. 5: 157–66. doi:10.1102/1470-7330.2005.0110. PMC 1665239. PMID 16361145.
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