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*Hypoechoic areas
*Hypoechoic areas
*Mild thyroid enlargement
*Mild thyroid enlargement
*Inhomogeneous echo texture
*Nonhomogeneous echo texture
 
[[Image:Subacute-de-quervains-thyroiditis.jpg|250px|thumb|center| De Quervain's thyroiditis ultrosound (Case courtesy of Dr Andrew Ryan, Radiopaedia.org, rID: 17052)


==References==
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De Quervain's thyroiditis Microchapters

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Differentiating De Quervain's thyroiditis from other Diseases

Epidemiology and Demographics

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Diagnosis

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History and Symptoms

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Future or Investigational Therapies

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Furqan M M. M.B.B.S[2]

Overview

Ultrasound findings associated with de Quervain's thyroiditis are hypoechoic areas, glandular irregularities, and nonhomogeneous echo texture.

Echocardiography or Ultrasound

Neck Ultrasound for de Quervain's thyroiditis usually reveals:[1]

  • Hypoechoic areas
  • Mild thyroid enlargement
  • Nonhomogeneous echo texture

[[Image:Subacute-de-quervains-thyroiditis.jpg|250px|thumb|center| De Quervain's thyroiditis ultrosound (Case courtesy of Dr Andrew Ryan, Radiopaedia.org, rID: 17052)

References

  1. Fatourechi V, Aniszewski JP, Fatourechi GZ, Atkinson EJ, Jacobsen SJ (2003). "Clinical features and outcome of subacute thyroiditis in an incidence cohort: Olmsted County, Minnesota, study". J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 88 (5): 2100–5. doi:10.1210/jc.2002-021799. PMID 12727961.