Abstract:
Recently in Sudan there is a noticeable increase of thyroid diseases, which is
related to several factors. There are several investigations tools and methods
used to assess thyroid disorders; hence the main objective of this study is to
characterize thyroid benign nodules using Ultrasonography and
Scintigraphy.This is a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted mainly in
the Radiation and Isotopes Centre of Khartoum and Nilein Medical
Diagnostic Center, Academy Charity Teaching Hospital and Bashair
Teaching Hospital, in the period from May 2016 to December 2016. Sample
size consisted of 50patients from both genderwere investigated using
Toshiba and Alpinion E-CUBE 7ultrasound Machine with high frequency
transducer 7.5-10 MHz linear probe and radionuclideTechnetium-99m,all
patients scan in supine position technique. The results was analyzed using
Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS), the results can be
summarized as follow; the incidence of thyroid benign nodules is more
common in female 86%, about 76% in married, detected in age between 22
– 70 years, the incidence are less common in young and elder patients, site
is more bilateral than the left or right lobe 62%, also show high uptake 74%,
distribution of radiotracer is more homogeneous 62%, most nodules outline
are regular 60%. When investigated by ultrasound showed 60%
heterogeneous texture and other are homogeneous appearance, the
echogenicty obtained is 60% isoechoic, 20% hypoechoic and 12%
hyperechoic, and the nodule out line showed 90% well define outline and
10% ill defined outline. Beside the study connected the results of nuclear
medicine with ultrasound finding. Finally the study recommended that
radiation Scintigraphy only dose not accurately but it can give a picture
about the nodule and by comparing the sonographic finding we obtain the
most real diagnosis, and increased research in this direction, use of
ultrasound technology with high facility like Doppler toknow the blood flow
indices for more accurate results.
