SONOGRAPHY OF THE THYROID GLAND

HY Yuen MBChB FRCR FHKCR FHKAM(Radiology); AT Ahuja MBBS MD FRCR FHKCR FHKAM(Radiology);
AD King MBChB MRCP FRCR FHKCR FHKAM(Radiology); KT Wong MBChB FRCR FHKCR FHKAM(Radiology)
Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Organ Imaging, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, 30-32 Ngan Shing Street, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR, PR China

Abstract
Thyroid diseases may present systemically with abnormal metabolic rate (hyperthyroidism or hypothyroidism) and/or locally as palpable diffuse (goiter) or focal (nodular) enlargement. While the functional derangement can well be assessed by clinical examination and laboratory biochemical assays, the evaluation of the structural anomaly depends heavily on the modern ultrasound scanners which provide high resolution anatomical details of the morphological derangement.

Citation
Yuen HY, Ahuja AT, King AD, Wong KT. Sonography of the thyroid gland.ASUM Bulletin 2003.2:6-19.