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Sonography of the Normal Thyroid

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Ultrasound of the Thyroid and Parathyroid Glands

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Patients with thyroid disease may present with local signs such as a palpable diffuse (goiter) or focal (nodular) enlargement of the gland and/or with systemic symptoms due to endocrine disturbance resulting in altered metabolism (hyperthyroidism or hypothyroidism). While physiological derangement is well assessed by clinical examination and laboratory biochemical tests, the evaluation of the structural anomaly relies heavily on modern ultrasound imaging which provides high-resolution anatomical details of any morphological alteration.

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  1. Department of Imaging and Interventional Radiology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin (NT), Hong Kong (SAR), China

    Hok Yuen Yuen & Anil T. Ahuja

  2. Department of Imaging & Interventional Radiology, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong

    Cina Shin-Loong Tong

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  1. Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology-, Burlington, 05446, Vermont, USA

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  2. Prince of Wales Hospital, Department of Imaging & Interventional R, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin (NT), 999077, Hong Kong SAR

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Yuen, H.Y., Tong, C.SL., Ahuja, A.T. (2012). Sonography of the Normal Thyroid. In: Sofferman, R., Ahuja, A. (eds) Ultrasound of the Thyroid and Parathyroid Glands. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0974-8_4

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