TY - JOUR TI - Color Doppler Ultrasonographic Features of Hashimoto's Thyroiditis AB - Color Doppler ultrasonographic(US) features of 28 patients with Hashimato's thyroiditis were evaluated with regard to echo and color-flow patterns. Correlation of color-flow pattern with thyroid function was performed. All 28 patients showed varying degrees of diffuse enlargement of the thyroid gland and a heterogeneous echo pattern.Color-flow pattern of increased blood flow. Low to moderate, focally increased blood flow was seen in 26 patients(92.8%). Of these 26 patients, 24 patients showed subclinical hypothyroidism or euthyroidism. Two patients who showed hyperthyroidism showed several pieces of focally increased color flow, Which was noted during both systole and diastole. Diffuse, multifocal color-flow throughout thyroid gland was seen in two patients with Hashimato's thyroiditis: one with clinical hypothyroidism and the other with subclinical hypothyroidism. Even though Hashimoto's thyroiditis showed variable color-flow patterns, we believe that heterogenous parenchymal echopattern with low or moderately increased flow is a rather characteristic feature of Hashimoto's thyroiditis, and we suggest that color Doppler US provides additional information for evaluation of Hashimoto's thyroiditis AU - "Lee, Joo Hyuk" AU - "Kim, Mie Young" AU - "Rho, Eun Jin" AU - "Yi, Jeong Geun" AU - "Han, Chun Hwan [Kangnam General Hospital Public Corporation, Seoul (Korea, Republic of)]" AU - "Hwang, Hee Yong [Choong Ang Gil Hospital, Incheon (Korea, Republic of)]" KW - "62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE" KW - "CORRELATIONS" KW - "DIAGNOSIS" KW - "DOPPLER EFFECT" KW - "PATIENTS" KW - "THYROIDITIS" KW - "ULTRASONOGRAPHY" KW - "DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES" KW - "DISEASES" KW - "ENDOCRINE DISEASES" DO - https://doi.org/ UR - PB - CY - Korea, Republic of PY - 1995 DA - 1995-06-15 LA - Korean J2 - [] VL - 14 C1 - C2 - C3 - C4 - C5 - L3 - Journal Name: Journal of the Korean Society of Medical Ultrasound; Journal Volume: 14; Journal Issue: 1 ER -