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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ROENTGENOLOGY
Volume 176, Issue 3, Pages 751-754Publisher
AMER ROENTGEN RAY SOC
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.176.3.1760751
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OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this study is to report the sonographic appearance of focal thyroid nodules that prove to be lymphocytic thyroiditis on fine-needle aspiration. CONCLUSION. In a patient population undergoing sonography for palpable nodular disease without known thyroiditis, focal nodules of thyroiditis had a wide variety of appearances. They most commonly appeared as solid hyperechoic nodules with ill-defined margins. However.;he echogenicity was variable, and calcification and cystic-appearing regions were also noted. The vascularity of these nodules as assessed with color Doppler and power Doppler sonography also varied widely. Biopsy of these lesions is still necessary because there are no sonographic features that can reliably diagnose these lesions as thyroiditis and differentiate them from other lesions.
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