Journal
ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY
Volume 40, Issue 8, Pages 1778-1784Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2014.02.023
Keywords
Thyroid; Diffuse thyroid disease; Autoimmune thyroiditis; Computed tomography; Ultrasound
Funding
- Inje University
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The aim of this study was to compare the diagnostic values of thyroid ultrasound (US) and neck computed tomography (CT) in incidentally detecting diffuse thyroid disease (DTD). A single radiologist made US and CT diagnoses of incidentally detected DTD in 130 consecutive patients before thyroidectomy for various malignancies. Histopathologic examinations confirmed normal thyroid (n = 80), Hashimoto thyroiditis (n = 20), non-Hashimoto lymphocytic thyroiditis (n = 28) and diffuse hyperplasia (n = 2). Receiver operating characteristic curves revealed that the best diagnostic indices of both imaging methods were achieved on the basis of two or more abnormal imaging findings. The sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of US and CT in incidentally detecting DTD by this classification were 72% and 72%, 87.5% and 91.3% and 81.5% and 83.8%, respectively. Thyroid US and neck CT have similar diagnostic values for differentiating incidental DTD from normal thyroid. (E-mail: dwultra@lycos.co.kr or dwultra@naver.com) (C) 2014 World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology.
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