Ultrasound and MRI findings in a case of childhood amyloid goiter.
Goiter secondary to amyloidosis is rare in clinical practice and only a few descriptions of its radiologic features have been reported. We present the ultrasound and MRI findings of thyroid amyloidosis in a 7-year-old Turkish boy with familial Mediterranean fever.
Mache
C J
CJ
Department of Pediatrics, University of Graz, Austria.
Schwingshandl
J
J
Riccabona
M
M
Ranner
G
G
Ring
E
E
Fock
C
C
Ratschek
M
M
Malle
E
E
Borkenstein
M H
MH
D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002648:Child; D010505:Familial Mediterranean Fever / Q000150:complications*; D006042:Goiter / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014463:Ultrasonography