title: Imaging thyroid disease: updates, imaging approach, and management pearls.
abstract: There are many disorders that can occur in the thyroid gland, ranging from benign to malignant entities. This article focuses on 5 common problems of the thyroid that require special consideration with regard to optimizing imaging strategies in a multidisciplinary and collaborative platform. These problems are the incidental thyroid nodule, preoperative evaluation of goiter, hyperthyroidism, invasive thyroid cancer, and recurrent thyroid cancer. For each problem essential facts, interesting updates, imaging approach, and management pearls are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Box 3808, Erwin Road, Durham, NC 27710, USA; Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA. Electronic address: jennykh@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Jenny K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Hoang
authors.affiliation: Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Box 2945, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
authors.forename: Julie A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Sosa
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, 395 West 12th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
authors.forename: Xuan V
authors.initials: XV
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Box 3808, Erwin Road, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
authors.forename: P Leo
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Galvin
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Box 3808, Erwin Road, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
authors.forename: Jorge D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Oldan
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006980:Hyperthyroidism / Q000175:diagnosis; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013959:Thyroid Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D016606:Thyroid Nodule / Q000175:diagnosis
chemical_list: D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes
keywords: CT; Hyperthyroidism; Incidental thyroid nodule; MR imaging; Radioactive iodine scan; Thyroid cancer; Ultrasonography