Incidental Findings of Thyroid Ultrasound in Students of the College of Medical Radiological Science –SUST

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.