Liankun Zhuo1, Yunlei Nie2, Lixia Ma3, Lei Shen4, Xiao Zhou1, Fang Li3. 1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ji'nan City People's Hospital, Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University Ji'nan, Shandong Province, China. 2. Department of Ultrasound, Yantai Penglai People's Hospital Yantai, Shandong Province, China. 3. Department of Ultrasound, The Second People's Hospital of Dongying Dongying, Shandong Province, China. 4. Ultrasound Room, Gucheng County Hospital Hengshui, Hebei Province, China.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To analyze and compare the diagnostic value of nuclear medicine and ultrasonography in subacute thyroiditis. METHODS: Sixty patients with subacute thyroiditis admitted to our hospital were included into the observation group, and 60 healthy controls who underwent physical examination in our hospital during the same period were enrolled into the control group. Examinations of nuclear medicine and ultrasonography were performed in the neck, and the results were compared between the two groups. RESULTS: There were significant differences in the width and thickness of thyroid bilateral lobes between the two groups (P<0.05), and for patients in the observation group, the detection rates of nuclear medicine technique and ultrasonography were 98.33% and 95.00%, respectively. Both methods showed no significant difference in the detection rate of subacute thyroiditis (P>0.05). CONCLUSION: Both nuclear medicine imaging and ultrasonography can provide clinical guidance for diagnosis and treatment of subacute thyroiditis. AJTR
OBJECTIVE: To analyze and compare the diagnostic value of nuclear medicine and ultrasonography in subacute thyroiditis. METHODS: Sixty patients with subacute thyroiditis admitted to our hospital were included into the observation group, and 60 healthy controls who underwent physical examination in our hospital during the same period were enrolled into the control group. Examinations of nuclear medicine and ultrasonography were performed in the neck, and the results were compared between the two groups. RESULTS: There were significant differences in the width and thickness of thyroid bilateral lobes between the two groups (P<0.05), and for patients in the observation group, the detection rates of nuclear medicine technique and ultrasonography were 98.33% and 95.00%, respectively. Both methods showed no significant difference in the detection rate of subacute thyroiditis (P>0.05). CONCLUSION: Both nuclear medicine imaging and ultrasonography can provide clinical guidance for diagnosis and treatment of subacute thyroiditis. AJTR
Authors: Sun Young Park; Eun-Kyung Kim; Min Jung Kim; Byung Moon Kim; Ki Keun Oh; Soon Won Hong; Cheong Soo Park Journal: Korean J Radiol Date: 2006 Oct-Dec Impact factor: 3.500