Thyroid

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Author: Mikael Häggström [notes 1]

Planning

Choice of modality

  • Ultrasonography of the thyroid is generally the initial investigation of choice for the thyroid.
  • CT of the thyroid plays an important role in the evaluation of thyroid cancer.[1] When performed for other reasons, it often incidentally detects thyroid abnormalities, thereby practically becoming the initial investigation.
  • MRI of the thyroid can be used in the evaluation of thyroid cancers and goiter, and likewise detects incidental abnormalities.[1]

Iodinated contrast

Notes

  1. For a full list of contributors, see article history. Creators of images are attributed at the image description pages, seen by clicking on the images. See Radlines:Authorship for details.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Bin Saeedan, Mnahi; Aljohani, Ibtisam Musallam; Khushaim, Ayman Omar; Bukhari, Salwa Qasim; Elnaas, Salahudin Tayeb (2016). "Thyroid computed tomography imaging: pictorial review of variable pathologies ". Insights into Imaging 7 (4): 601–617. doi:10.1007/s13244-016-0506-5. ISSN 1869-4101.  Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License