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Toxic multinodular goiter MRI

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Mazia Fatima, MBBS [2]

Overview

Overview

MRI is not routinely performed for the diagnosis of multinodular goiter. MRI can help in the assessment of extent of substernal goiters. Findings on MRI suggestive of multinodular goiter include enlarged and heterogeneous thyroid gland.

MRI

MRI

  • MRI is not routinely performed for the diagnosis of multinodular goiter.[1]
  • MRI can help in the assessment of extent of substernal goiters.
  • Findings on MRI suggestive of multinodular goiter include enlarged and heterogeneous thyroid gland.
References

References

  1. Hurley DL, Gharib H (1996). “Evaluation and management of multinodular goiter”. Otolaryngol. Clin. North Am. 29 (4): 527–40. PMID 8844728.

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