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    Real-time sonography differentiates diffuse thyroid disease from normal thyroid parenchyma

    Written by Medha Baranwal Baranwal Published On 2018-07-19T19:05:12+05:30  |  Updated On 19 July 2018 7:05 PM IST
    Real-time sonography differentiates diffuse thyroid disease from normal thyroid parenchyma

    The real-time sonography (US) is diagnostically accurate and can be used for differentiating diffuse thyroid disease (DTD) from normal thyroid parenchyma, finds a new study published in the American Journal of Roentgenology.


    Hye Shin Ahn, Department of Radiology, Chung-Ang University Hospital, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea, and colleagues conducted the multicenter study to assess the diagnostic accuracy of real-time US for differentiating DTD from normal thyroid parenchyma among radiologists blinded to patients' clinical, serologic, and imaging history and to determine the differences in diagnostic accuracy among radiologists from different institutions.


    Thyroiditis is the group of inflammatory disorders that affect the thyroid gland and is very often encountered in clinical practice. Thyroiditis can be painless or painful. The suggested classification of thyroiditis is chronic, subacute and acute.


    The chronic lymphocytic type of thyroiditis is Hashimotos and it is known to have an autoimmune basis. Graves' disease and Hashimoto's thyroiditis are the most commonly encountered thyroid disorders. A diffuse or multifocal decrease in echogenicity demonstrated on ultrasound is the hallmark of many types of thyroiditis.


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    For the study, 214 patients underwent thyroid US and subsequent thyroid surgery at four participating institutions from January to March 2017. Real-time US was performed at each institution by an attending radiologist, who classified US diagnoses into one of the following four categories based on US findings: no DTD, indeterminate, suspicious for DTD, and DTD. The outcomes of US diagnoses were compared with histopathologic results to determine the diagnostic accuracy of real-time US at each institution.


    Key Findings:

    • Histopathologic results included normal thyroid parenchyma, Hashimoto thyroiditis, non-Hashimoto lymphocytic thyroiditis, and diffuse hyperplasia.

    • Normal thyroid parenchyma and DTD exhibited statistically significant differences in echogenicity, echotexture, size, glandular margin, vascularity of thyroid, and US classification.

    • There was a positive correlation between US classification and histopathologic results at all institutions for detecting DTD.

    • The highest diagnostic indexes were obtained when the cutoff criterion was suspicious for DTD.

    • There was favorable diagnostic accuracy, with statistically significant differences, at all institutions for the diagnosis of DTD.


    The authors concluded that "Real-time US can be helpful for differentiating DTD from normal thyroid parenchyma" .

    For more information log on to 10.2214/AJR.17.19164
    DiagnosisdiagnosticsdisordersglandHashimoto's diseaseparenchymaradiologyreal timesonographyThyroidUltrasonographyUltrasound
    Source : With inputs from American Journal of Roentgenology

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