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Silent thyroiditis MRI
Introduction
Overview
Overview
MRI is not used in the diagnosis of silent thyroiditis. However, diffusion-weighted MRI shows low apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC).
MRI
MRI
MRI is not used in the diagnosis of silent thyroiditis. However, diffusion-weighted MRI shows low apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC).[1]
References
References
- ↑ Meng Z, Zhang G, Sun H, Tan J, Yu C, Tian W, Li W, Yang Z, Zhu M, He Q, Zhang Y, Han S (2015). “Differentiation between Graves’ disease and painless thyroiditis by diffusion-weighted imaging, thyroid iodine uptake, thyroid scintigraphy and serum parameters”. Exp Ther Med. 9 (6): 2165–2172. doi:10.3892/etm.2015.2430. PMC 4473429. PMID 26136954.
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