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ArticleAustralasian journal of ultrasound in medicine2016

Sonography of diffuse thyroid disease.

Hok Yuen Yuen, Ka Tak Wong, Anil Tejbhan Ahuja

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Article in Australasian journal of ultrasound in medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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Hok Yuen YuenDepartment of Imaging and Interventional Radiology Prince of Wales Hospital The Chinese University of Hong Kong Shatin New Territories Hong Kong.
Ka Tak WongDepartment of Imaging and Interventional Radiology Prince of Wales Hospital The Chinese University of Hong Kong Shatin New Territories Hong Kong.
Anil Tejbhan AhujaDepartment of Imaging and Interventional Radiology Prince of Wales Hospital The Chinese University of Hong Kong Shatin New Territories Hong Kong.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introduction/purposeThis article aims to review of the common diffuse thyroid disease.

methodsThorough literature search and review was performed for each diffuse thyroid disease. The most recent and updated ultrasound images were obtained.

resultsDiffuse thyroid diseases discussed include multinodular goitre, Graves' disease, Hashimoto thyroiditis, de Quervain thyroiditis, acute suppurative thyroiditis, anaplastic carcinoma, thyroid metastases, chronic lymphocytic leukaemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma, Langerhans cell histiocytosis, tuberculosis, plasmacytoma, IgG4-related disease and thyrolipoma. DISCUSSION: The major clinical features and the sonographic features of each diffuse thyroid disease are reviewed.

conclusionThis article serves as a synopsis of diffuse thyroid disease.

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diffuse thyroid diseaseultrasound

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PMID34760439
PMCPMC8409448

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