Sonography of the pediatric thyroid: a pictorial essay.

J Clin Ultrasound

Department of Radiology, Soonchunhyang Bucheon Hospital, 22 Dasakwan-gil, Youngsan-gu, Seoul 140-743, Korea.

Published: July 2009

The purpose of this article is to review the various pediatric thyroid diseases using sonographic images. These diseases included congenital hypothyroidism (dysgenesis [aplasia; ectopy; hypoplasia], dyshormonogenesis, transient hypothyroidism), thyroglossal duct cyst, Graves' disease, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, suppurative thyroiditis, nodular hyperplasia (goiter) and thyroid mass. Thyroid sonogram is the primary method used for thyroid disease and can be used for guiding of fine needle aspiration to obtain a more accurate diagnosis for suspected thyroid lesions.

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