Abstract:
This descriptive study was carried out to show the incidental findings of
thyroid ultrasound scan in students of medical radiologic science college of
Sudan university of science and technology. All the students were scaned for
thyroid by measured thyroid diameters and findings on the affected subjects
were evaluated by using (Alpinion-Ecube 7) device from July to September
2016. The study involved 60 subjects 47 (78.3%) of which were female
whereas 13 (21.6%) were males aged (17_ 25years). the data analysed
using excel Microsoft office programme and SPSS. The study was result
that 71.6 % of sample were normal and 28.3% had thyroid findings 57.7%
of these findings being cystic nodule ,15.4% solid nodule , 7.7% mixed ,
7.7% calcification , 7.7% goiter,7.7%hypoechoic thyroid , The male had
been affected more than female.
The study recommended the use of ultrasound in early detection of thyroid
disease and further research in this direction by increasing the number of
smaples. The routin ultrasound examination to those who had family history
of thyroid disease and suffer from symptoms of thyroid disorders is
important.
