ULTRASOUND STUDY OF PATEINTS WITH ABNORMAL THYROID SCINTIGRAPHY

Abstract

This study is conducted at RICK, nuclear medicine department, and ultra sound department. Random sample of fifty patients, males and females with different ages, who were found to have abnormal thyroid scintigraphy findings, then thyroid ultrasound was done for all. In this study, female to male ratio is (4:1), and the majority of patients either from western Sudan 40% or from the north 38%. The age group of most patient 76% falls in the range between 25-55 years. Both imaging modalities revealed 96% of patient has an enlarged thyroid. Ultrasound revealed 31patient 62% have MNG, 13 patient 26% with DEG, 5 patient 10% with SN, and 2% only one patient with thyroid cyst, while scintigraphy revealed 18 patients (36%) with MNG, 21patients (42%) with NG and 11 patient (22%) with DEG, also scintigraphy revealed that 60% of patient have a normal iodine uptake, 34% with high uptake and only 6% with low iodine uptake. The study concluded that the two imaging modalities when performed together will lead to obtain accurate and demonstrate any structural changes and pathological changes.