Enteroviruses, including coxsackieviruses and Echovirus, are well known pathogens responsible for the development of thyroiditis. We describe the case of a 49-year-old woman with no personal or family history of thyroid disease who presented to the emergency room with a two-week history of daily fevers up to 39°C, a sore throat, occasional palpitations and diaphoresis, decreased appetite and an...

Purpose: High resolution grey scale ultrasound has emerged as an initial imaging modality of choice for the evaluation of patients with thyroid enlargement. Thyroid malignancy cannot be diagnosed on ultrasonography but various sonographic features in combination can be used to predict malignancy in thyroid lesions. The aim of our study was to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of ultrasonographic...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Malignancy correlates with hardness of tissues and US elastography can potentially analyze the stiffness of lesions. Our aim was to evaluate the utility of US elastography in the detection of malignant nodules and to investigate interobserver agreement with this technique. MATERIALS AND METHODS One-hundred three consecutive patients with 106 thyroid nodules were examine...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the application of transabdominal sonography and transvaginal sonography in early diagnosis of pregnancy and to provide a reference for the selection of diagnosis methods in clinic. METHODS One hundred and eighty patients who were admitted into the hospital from February 2013 to February 2014, received clinical diagnosis and were confirmed as ectopic gestation by surgery ...

Aim: Differentiation of thyroid nodules, either as benign or malignant, is a real diagnostic challenge. Inflammation has an important role in development the malignancy. Therefore, inflammatory markers are associated with malignant nodules. Platelet /lymphocyte ratio (PLR) also one novel indices derived from hemogram tests. We hypothesized whether PLR was For this purpose, we compared levels pa...

OBJECTIVES: The authors described a case of rare histological type of primary thyroid tumor-angiosarcoma. Angiosarcoma generally represents a rare connective tissue tumor in the head and neck region. Its biological behavior is locally aggressive and destructive with a high recurrence rate. METHODS: A case of a rare histological type of primary thyroid tumor -angiosarcoma-has been described incl...

Hashimoto thyroditis is an organ specific autoimmune disorder. Initially described Hakaru Hashimotoa century ago is now the most common cause of hypothyroidism in iodine sufficient areas of the world. But still the pathogenesis is not fully understood. With higher incidence among female population HT develops as a result of interaction between the genetic factors and environmental factors in su...

Background/Objective: Thyroid nodules are a common finding, especially in our country. In this study, we evaluated the role of conventional ultrasonography (US) and color doppler sonography (CDS) in assessment of cold thyroid nodules. Materials and Methods: Ninety-seven patients with a cold thyroid nodule were examined by US and CDS before thyroidectomy .On US, the presence of a halo sign, hypo...