title: Magnetic resonance imaging of subacute thyroiditis.
abstract: Clinical, laboratory, and scintigraphic findings, and magnetic resonance (MR) images of three patients with subacute thyroiditis are presented in all three at the time of diagnosis. On T1-weighted images, regions of abnormality with irregular margins and slightly high intensity were demonstrated. On T2-weighted images, markedly increased intensity was shown in the same sites. On follow-up MRI in two patients after treatment, these findings had disappeared or become more normal.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Otsuka
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nagai
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Morita
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fukunaga
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Okazaki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Onishi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nanba
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Taketa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000473:pathology; D013968:Thyroiditis, Subacute / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology