title: [Differential diagnosis of the low-echo thyroid gland].
abstract: Hypothyrosis as a result of inflammatory disease of the thyroid gland, often is a diagnostic problem because of the insidious 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: Zentralröntgeninstitut, Wien.
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Mosser
authors: W
authors: W
authors: Hruby
authors: U
authors: U
authors: Braun
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Stellamor
authors: E
authors: E
authors: 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 / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000473:pathology*; D013967:Thyroiditis, Autoimmune / Q000175:diagnosis; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods*
vernacular_title: Zur Differentialdiagnose der echoarmen Schilddrüse.