[Palpation and sonographic evaluation of the size of the thyroid gland].
The author compared in 88 13-year-old children evaluation of the size of the thyroid gland by palpation and sonography. Evaluation by the two methods was in agreement in 64 cases (73%) and controversial in 24 cases (27%). Palpation led in 24 instances to overestimation of the size and in 7 children (8%) to underestimation, as compared with sonography. Sonography is an essential method for evaluation of the thyroid gland in children.
Dĕtská klinika ILF, Masarykova nemocnice, Ustí n. Labem.
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D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010173:Palpation; D012016:Reference Values; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014463:Ultrasonography