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Review
. 2016 Apr 8:81:152-6.
doi: 10.12659/PJR.896178. eCollection 2016.

Sonographic Elastography of the Thyroid Gland

Mehmet Sait Menzilcioglu  1 , Mahmut Duymus  1 , Serhat Avcu  1
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Review

Sonographic Elastography of the Thyroid Gland

Mehmet Sait Menzilcioglu et al. Pol J Radiol. .

Abstract

Thyroid gland disorders include benign and malignant thyroid nodules and diffuse thyroid disorders. The incidence of malignant thyroid nodules is low and the prognosis is good. The diagnosis of thyroid cancer and diffuse parenchymal disorders is generally based on clinical manifestations and histopathological evaluation. Ultrasonography has its place in the diagnostics and follow-up of thyroid disorders. Ultrasonographic elastography is a new, developing method that shows increase in clinical practice. In this study, we aimed to review the data on thyroid ultrasound elastography.

Keywords: Elasticity Imaging Techniques; Hashimoto Disease; Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color.

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Figures

Figures 1
Figures 1
(A, B) Elastogaphy calculation of the normal thyroid parenchyma. The left side of the windows is a color-coded elastography image and the right side is a gray-scale image. The circles indicate the ROIs where we measured the stiffness ratios. One is on the starp muscle and one is on the normal thyroid parenchyma. At the bottom of the screen, a normal sinusoidal wave can be seen. It shows that the pressure of the probe is appropriate and regular. The numbers indicates the strain values and ‘%’indicates the strain ratio.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Elastogaphy calculation of thyroid parenchyma with Hashimoto’s disease.
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