BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Only 1 ultrasonography study that described the variation of the VN had been published at the time our research was begun. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the incidence and type of variation in the course of the cervical VN on thyroid ultrasonography. MATERIALS AND METHODS From August 2009 to September 2010, 163 consecutive patients were evaluated by sonograph...

Thyrotoxicosis with diffuse thyroid disease can be caused by Graves' disease (GD) or destructive thyroiditis (DT). Optimal treatment of the underlying condition requires a prompt and accurate method for the diagnosis of thyrotoxicosis. This study evaluated measurement of the mean peak systolic velocity of the superior thyroid artery (STA-PSV) by ultrasonography in detecting thyrotoxicosis in Ja...

The Zenker’s diverticulum is the most common of esophagus. It commonly occurs at pharyngoesophageal junction that can appear in proximity to thyroid gland. food remnants or gas bubbles present may mimic microcalcifications presented papillary carcinoma on ultrasonography. Therefore, it important be able differentiate between and malignant nodule. author reported a case mimicking nodule

The purpose of this study was to investigate the value of "high-resolution ultrasonography" in the differential diagnosis of benign from malignant thyroid nodules. The study included ultrasonography examination of 77 patients with thyroid nodules, who underwent thyroidectomy. The histological findings were subsequently compared with pre-operative sonographic findings. Thirty patients had malign...

Objectives: We conducted a retrospective chart review of patients with differentiated thyroid cancer who underwent total thyroidectomy to examine the correlation of the persistence of thyroid bed nodules seen on ultrasonography with subsequent loco-regional recurrence. Methods: A total of 60 patients with differentiated thyroid cancer were identified who underwent total thyroidectomy, received ...

A seventy-five-year-old male patient presented with a palpable smooth mass that moved upwards on swallowing, extending from the hyoid bone to the cricoid cartilage. Ultrasonography, scintigraphy, and thyroid hormone measurements showed the mass free from the thyroid gland. Following a diagnosis of infected thyroglossal duct cyst by fine needle aspiration biopsy, the mass was removed by surgery....

Ultrasonography has become an important imaging modality for the evaluation of small structures, such as thyroid glands, lymph nodes and adrenal glands, because it is relatively inexpensive, it is non-invasive and it does not require general anesthesia. Both normal and abnormal small structures can be seen, though this depends to a great extent on the quality of the equipment and the operator s...

Thyroid ultrasonography is mainly used for the detection and characterization of thyroid nodules. However, there some limitation since diagnostic performance remains highly subjective depends on radiologist experiences. Therefore, artificial intelligence (AI) was expected to improve ultrasound. To evaluate AI differentiating malignant benign nodules compare it with that an experienced a third-y...

Objectives: We conducted a retrospective chart review of patients with differentiated thyroid cancer who underwent total thyroidectomy to examine the correlation of the persistence of thyroid bed nodules seen on ultrasonography with subsequent loco-regional recurrence. Methods: A total of 60 patients with differentiated thyroid cancer were identified who underwent total thyroidectomy, received ...

To retrospectively evaluate the diagnostic performance of shear wave elastography (SWE) and thyroid imaging reporting and data system (TI-RADS) in differentiating malignant and benign thyroid nodules. A total of 313 thyroid nodules in 227 patients were included. All thyroid nodules were underwent SWE and TI-RADS before fine needle aspiration biopsy and/or surgery. SWE elasticity indices of the ...