https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/496730
標題: | Ultrasound evaluation of thyroid abnormalities and volume in Chinese adults without palpable thyroid glands. | 作者: | Hsiao Y.L. TIEN-CHUN CHANG |
公開日期: | 1994 | 卷: | 93 | 期: | 2 | 起(迄)頁: | 140-144 | 來源出版物: | Journal of the Formosan Medical Association = Taiwan yi zhi | 摘要: | Typical examination of the thyroid gland involves palpating the patient. If goiter is found, thyroid ultrasonography and/or aspiration cytology is usually performed in addition to assay of thyroid hormones and antibodies. However, palpation may not be sensitive enough to detect thyroid lesions. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of thyroid abnormalities detected by ultrasonography in Chinese adults without palpable thyroid glands admitted for health examination. Two hundred and seventy-seven patients (aged 17 to 79 years; mean, 52 years) admitted to National Taiwan University Hospital for health examinations were included in this study. The thyroid was first palpated by a thyroidologist. Goiter was detected in 77 out of 277 patients (27.8%). Two hundred patients who had no palpable goiter underwent thyroid ultrasonography. Thyroid abnormalities were detected in 37 out of 200 patients (18.5%). These included 18 cases of thyroid cyst, 13 cases of solid nodule, and six cases of multiple nodules with ill-defined margins. Patients with thyroid abnormalities were older than those without lesions [59.3 +/- 9.2 years (mean +/- SD) vs 50.1 +/- 12.8 years, p < 0.001]. In addition, we also calculated the thyroid volumes of 163 patients who had neither palpable goiter nor lesions detected by ultrasonography. The thyroid volumes were 7.7 +/- 3.3 mL and positively correlated to the body mass index (BMI, r = 0.17, p < 0.05) and body weight (r = 0.28, p < 0.005). Males (n = 115) had larger thyroid volume than females (n = 48) (8.3 +/- 3.3 vs 6.1 +/- 2.6 mL, p < 0.001).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS) |
URI: | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-0028379115&partnerID=40&md5=105a572746936cc2119db88fa638c266 https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/496730 |
ISSN: | 0929-6646 | SDG/關鍵字: | adolescent; adult; aged; article; cyst; echography; female; goiter; human; male; middle aged; palpation; pathology; thyroid gland; thyroid nodule; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Cysts; Female; Goiter; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Palpation; Thyroid Gland; Thyroid Nodule |
顯示於: | 醫學系 |
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