title: Sonography of the pediatric thyroid: a pictorial essay.
abstract: The purpose of this article is to review the various pediatric thyroid diseases using sonographic images. These diseases included congenital hypothyroidism (dysgenesis [aplasia; ectopy; hypoplasia], dyshormonogenesis, transient hypothyroidism), thyroglossal duct cyst, Graves' disease, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, suppurative thyroiditis, nodular hyperplasia (goiter) and thyroid mass. Thyroid sonogram is the primary method used for thyroid disease and can be used for guiding of fine needle aspiration to obtain a more accurate diagnosis for suspected thyroid lesions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Soonchunhyang Bucheon Hospital, 22 Dasakwan-gil, Youngsan-gu, Seoul 140-743, Korea.
authors.forename: Yun-Woo
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Hyun Sook
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Deuk Lin
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Choi
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D013959:Thyroid Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014463:Ultrasonography