Hypothyroid Hashimoto's thyroiditis with scintigraphic and echo-color Doppler features mimicking autonomous adenoma

Journal of Endocrinological Investigation

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 469-472

  Boi, F ^a   Piga, M ^a   Loy, M ^a   Mariotti, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autonomous thyroid nodule; Hashimoto's thyroiditis; Hypothyroidism; Thyroid color flow Doppler sonography; Thyroid scan

Indexed keywords

ADENOMA; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MIDDLE AGED; SCINTISCANNING; THYROID TUMOR; ADULT; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HYPERTHYROIDISM; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; LYMPHOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; THYROID ADENOMA; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROID NODULE; THYROID SCINTISCANNING; THYROTOXICOSIS; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; VASCULARIZATION;

ADENOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MIDDLE AGED; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

IODINE 131; LEVOTHYROXINE; LIOTHYRONINE; RADIOACTIVE IODINE; TECHNETIUM 99M; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

EID: 0036013917     PISSN: 03914097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03344040     Document Type: Article

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