Ultrasonography of Various Thyroid Diseases in Children and Adolescents: A Pictorial Essay.
10.3348/kjr.2015.16.2.419
- Author:
Hyun Sook HONG
1
;
Eun Hye LEE
;
Sun Hye JEONG
;
Jisang PARK
;
Heon LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Radiology, Bucheon Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Bucheon 420-767, Korea. hshong@schmc.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords:
Thyroid disease;
Ultrasonography;
Children;
Congenital hypothyroidism;
Nodule;
Diffuse thyroid disease
- MeSH:
Adolescent;
Child;
Congenital Hypothyroidism/diagnosis/*ultrasonography;
Female;
Graves Disease/diagnosis/ultrasonography;
Hashimoto Disease/diagnosis/ultrasonography;
Humans;
Hypothyroidism/diagnosis/*ultrasonography;
Infant, Newborn;
Male;
Thyroid Dysgenesis/diagnosis/ultrasonography;
Thyroid Nodule/embryology/*ultrasonography;
Thyroiditis/diagnosis/*ultrasonography
- From:Korean Journal of Radiology
2015;16(2):419-429
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Thyroid imaging is indicated to evaluate congenital hypothyroidism during newborn screening or in cases of a palpable thyroid mass in children and adolescents. This pictorial essay reviews the ultrasonography (US) of thyroid diseases in children and adolescents, including normal thyroid gland development, imaging features of congenital thyroid disorders (dysgenesis, [aplasia, ectopy, hypoplasia], dyshormonogenesis, transient hypothyroidism, thyroglossal duct cyst), diffuse thyroid disease (Grave's disease, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, and suppurative thyroiditis), and thyroid nodules. The primary imaging modalities for evaluating thyroid diseases are US and radionuclide scintigraphy. Additionally, US can be used to guide aspiration of detected nodules.
