Utility of colour Doppler sonography in patients with Graves' disease.

摘要: OBJECTIVE Assessment of thyroid blood flow gives valuable information about underlying functional status. Colour Flow Doppler Sonography (CFDS) is a powerful tool which displays tissue and vascularity. the gland in different subsets patients with Graves' disease was studied to define its role initial diagnosis management. METHODS Eighty consecutive (both treated untreated) presented hospital between August 2007 February 2008. All were evaluated CFDS for size, vascularity peak systolic velocity (PSV) Inferior Thyroid Artery (ITA). Pertechnate scan thyroidal autoantibody levels done selected cases. The divided into Untreated (n = 31), on treatment but hyperthyroid 26) euthyroid therapy 23). Mann-Whitney U-test used statistical analysis p-value less than 0.05 considered significant. RESULTS flow, as assessed by PSV ITA, significantly higher untreated Graves respectively (61.5 +/- 19.5 versus 42.9 24.7 32.2 12.9 cm/s, p < 0.05). Parenchymal irrespective therapy. In both groups therapy, dose carbimazole correlated (r 0.492 0.564, parameters pertechnate results giving comparable sensitivity specificity. CONCLUSION an effective marker disease. Vascularity can predict long term course while medical