Study of thyroid goiter using ultrasound in Khartoum city

Abstract

The objectives of this study are to evaluate the incidence of thyroid goiter, its types among Sudanese population also the effectiveness of ultrasound imaging modality in detection of thyroid goiter. The data were collected from scanning patients in U/S department of Radiation and Isotopes Centre of Khartoum (RICK) in aperiod of April 2011 to September 2011. . A sample of fifty patients, males and females with different ages and symptoms were chosen. All patients were scanned with PHILIPS ultrasound machine8- to 13 MHZ linear transducer. The researcher found that the number of the female are 39 compare with 11 males, that mean the average of male is 22% from the total sample compare with 78% for female, thus mean the women are more affected than men. Incidence increased in married patient (78%) and in the age group 30-50 (50%). Multinodular goiter is more prevalence than other type of goiter (44%).