title: [Sonography of the thyroid gland in children].
abstract: The total volume of the thyroid gland is 1.2/1.0 ccm in male/female newborns; it increases with age up to 7.4 ccm in boys and 7.5 ccm in girls (13-16 years). The relation of total thyroid volume and body surface area is without a significant sex difference 4.5/4.8 ccm/sqm in newborn and about 4.8 ccm/sqm in children aged more than 9 years. Thyroid disorders to be discussed are a cyst, a nodule with an echo-free centre, connatal athyreosis and goitre.
authors.affiliation: Röntgenabteilung Pädiatrie, Medizinisches Zentrum für Radiologie, Justus-Liebig-Universität, Giessen.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Klingmüller
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fiedler
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Otten
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Egidi
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Koch
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006043:Goiter, Endemic / Q000175:diagnosis; D006044:Goiter, Nodular / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D012016:Reference Values; D012737:Sex Factors; D013959:Thyroid Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000473:pathology*; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Sonographie der kindlichen Schilddrüse.