Friday 7 September 2012

Thyroid Gland Images in Acute Thyroiditis

Thyroiditis is a generic term including an array of clinical entities affecting the thyroid gland.
The thyroiditis may present infectious, autoimmune, traumatic, postradiotherapy, drugs use, and other etiopathogenies.


Heterogenous goitre with parenchymal micronodules,poorly defined hypoechoic areas permiated by fibrous echogenic layers giving a gland a psuedolobular appearece.


Doppler mapping showing a  diffuse hypervascularization pattern


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