Ultrasonography in the diagnosis of Hashimoto's thyroiditis.
Hashimoto's thyroiditis is a type of autoimmune thyroid disease with an increasing prevalence in past decades. Its diagnosisis mostly based on ultrasonography. Ultrasonography is a useful and essential tool to make this diagnosis based on the characteristics of the disease. In the differential diagnosis of thyroid nodules, ultrasound-guided fine-needle biopsy is an effective method to distinguish Hashimoto's thyroiditis from other thyroid disorders. One exciting and recent advance is that non-invasive ultrasound-based methods have supplemented fine-needle aspiration to diagnose Hashimoto's thyroiditis under more complex conditions. In this review, we discuss the recent advantages of ultrasonography in the diagnosis of Hashimoto's thyroiditis.
Department of Ultrasound, Suzhou Wuzhong Peoples's Hospital, Suzhou, China, wuguihua70@yeah.net.
Guihua
G
Wu
Department of Ultrasound, Jiangyin Hospital Affiliated of South-East University, Jiangyin, China.
Dazhong
D
Zou
Department of Ultrasound, Suzhou Wuzhong Peoples's Hospital, Suzhou, China.
Haiyun
H
Cai
Department of Ultrasound, Suzhou Wuzhong Peoples's Hospital, Suzhou, China.
Yajun
Y
Liu
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D061765:Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration; D050031:Hashimoto Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D013959:Thyroid Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D016606:Thyroid Nodule / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014463:Ultrasonography