AN ADDITIONAL (NEW) ULTRASOUND SIGN OF HASHIMOTO'S LYMPHOCYTIC THYROIDITIS

Purpose: Presentation of a new ultrasound sign of Hashimoto's lymphocytic thyroiditis (HLT). Methods and Materials: Since its introduction in clinical practice, ultrasonography (US) has proved to be a useful tool in the management of patients with thyroid disease. US enables not only to identify thyroid nodules, but also to characterize the echostructure of thyroid tissue in patients with autoimmune thyroid disease. Hashimoto's lymphocytic thyroiditis, one of the most frequent thyropathies, is a chronic inflammation of the thyroid gland. The typical sonographic features are: increase in size, fibrotic septa and…