Sonographic features of hashimoto thyroiditis in childhood
1996; Elsevier BV; Volume: 51; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1016/s0009-9260(96)80317-5
ISSN1365-229X
AutoresP. Set, K. Oleszczuk-Raschke, J.H. von Lengerke, Jürgen Brämswig,
Tópico(s)Head and Neck Anomalies
ResumoFifty-seven sonograms of 18 children with Hashimoto thyroiditis were retrospectively assessed. Thirty-three examinations (in 12 patients) showed thyroid glands which were more reflective than adjacent strap muscles, 22 studies (in eight patients) demonstrated glands of equal reflectivity and two examinations (in one child) depicted thyroid glands of lower reflectivity than muscle. The most frequent ultrasound appearance consisted of 2-5 mm echopenic lesions generally distributed throughout large poorly-defined hyperreflective glands. In serial examinations no correlation was found between laboratory indexes of thyroid status and sonographic findings.
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