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Ultrasonography of the thyroid gland in hospitalized, chronically III geriatric patients: Thyroid volume, its relationship to age and disease, and the prevalence of diffuse and nodular goiter
Author(s) -
Gönczi Judit,
Szabolcs Istvan,
Kovacs Zsuzsa,
Kakosy Tibor,
Goth Miklos,
Szilagyi Geza
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.1870220408
Subject(s) - medicine , euthyroid , thyroid , goiter , population , thyroid disease , iodine deficiency , endocrinology , pediatrics , physiology , environmental health
Ultrasonography of the thyroid gland was performed in a screening study of 177 chronically ill, hospitalized geriatric patients older than 60 years of age, from an area with only moderate iodine deficiency. The normal reference ranges of thyroid volume for males (1.7 mL to 22.2 mL) and for females 2.4 mL to 20.9 mL) were similar. The thyroid volume decreased with age in the euthyroid group and was also smaller in euthyroid females in bad health. The prevalence of goiter and thyroid nodules were 7.9% and 11.3%, respectively. Thus, the decrease of the thyroid volume in this geriatric population is probably related to both old age and diseases of the aged. © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.