ULTRASONOGRAPHY AS A TOOL FOR DETECTING AUTOIMMUNE THYROID DISEASES AND PREDICTING THYROID DISFUNCTION

Purpose: Autoimmune thyroid diseases (AITD) – (thyroiditis Hashimoto and Graves' disease) are associated with the typical echographic presentation: diffuse reduction in thyroid echogenity, or hypoechogenic areas within normal ehogenity of the thyroid parenchyma, ehogenic stripes within thyroid, irregular contours of the lobes, and slightly enlarged lymph nodes near the thyroid. Sometimes, only some of these typical signs are presented, or the presence of these signs is very discreet. Colour Doppler ultrasonography is an additional tool for studying thyroid vascularity and blood flow parameters for predicting act…