Open AccessAssessment of thyroid gland elasticity with shear-wave elastography in Hashimoto’s thyroiditis patients
Author(s) -
Turgay Kara,
Fatih Ateş,
Mehmet Sedat Durmaz,
Nesibe Akyürek,
Funda Gökgöz Durmaz,
Bora Özbakır,
Mehmet Öztürk
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1971-3495
pISSN - 1876-7931
DOI - 10.1007/s40477-020-00437-y
Subject(s) - medicine , asymptomatic , echogenicity , thyroid , elastography , thyroiditis , thyroglobulin , pathology , thyroid peroxidase , ultrasound , radiology , endocrinology , gastroenterology
We aimed to investigate the use and effectiveness of Shear-Wave Elastography (SWE) in Hashimoto's Thyroiditis (HT) diagnosis and compare the SWE values in HT patients with asymptomatic volunteers.
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