title: [Differential diagnosis of a low echo thyroid gland].
abstract: Hypothyrosis as a result of inflammatory disease of the thyroid gland, often is a diagnostic problem because of the insidous onset and its lack of specific symptoms. In the rather large amount of literature about sonography of the thyroid no papers with a systematic approach to this entity are found. In a prospective study we evaluated 36 proven cases and found a characteristic sonographic pattern of the thyroid with regard to its size, contour and structure.
authors.affiliation: Zentralröntgeninstitut, Krankenanstalt Rudolfstiftung Wien.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mosser
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hruby
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Braun
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Stellamor
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Habsburg
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013966:Thyroiditis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013967:Thyroiditis, Autoimmune / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Zur Differentialdiagnose der echoarmen Schilddrüse.