Volume : IX, Issue : V, May - 2019

Sonographic measurements of thyroid at tertiary care hospital of south western Maharashtra

Dr. Asit S. Natekar, Dr. Abhishek Gahlot

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Introduction: The need to generate normative data for thyroid volume from the local population has been suggested. We aimed to establish reference values for thyroid volumes in healthy adults from south western Maharashtra and correlate it with their anthropometric variables. Methodology: Thyroid sonography scans were performed on clinically healthy persons between age 30–50 years attending the Department of Radiodiagnosis of Bharati hospital, Sangli to measure volume of each lateral lobe, calculated using prolate ellipsoid method in the anterior cervical area through the suprasternal area. The correlation of thyroid volume anthropometric indices were evaluated using the Pearson’s correlation test. Results: Mean total thyroid volume was 8.02 ± 2.92 ml and was found to be significantly higher among males as compared to females. For the right lobe, transverse diameter and volume were significantly higher among male subjects as compared to female subjects. While for the left lobe, transverse diameter, CC diameter and volume were significantly higher among males as compared to females. It was found that the mean transverse diameter and CC diameter of the right lobe were significantly higher than that of the left lobe. Thyroid volume was found to positively correlate with height, weight, and body surface area in all subjects (r=0.23, r=0.24 and r=0.27, respectively; p<0.01 for all). Conclusions: Ours is the first study to present normative data of thyroid volume using sonography in adult healthy population from south western Maharashtra. Similar studies are required from other centres in India to make comparisons.

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Article: Download PDF   DOI : 10.36106/ijar  

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SONOGRAPHIC MEASUREMENTS OF THYROID AT TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL OF SOUTH WESTERN MAHARASHTRA, Dr. Asit S. Natekar, Dr. Abhishek Gahlot INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-9 | Issue-5 | May-2019


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