Hi there! I thought that thyrotoxicosis was something that people with Graves disease got? I have Hashimoto's. Can anyone kind of interpret the results of this test me? I haven't had much luck looking stuff up on the computer. I am just getting more and more confused. Thanks.
Study Result of Thyroid Ultrasound scan
Impression
IMPRESSION: Heterogeneous thyroid echotexture and bilateral atrophy, but no
masses or cysts.
Narrative
US HEAD NECK SOFT TISSUE 10/4/2019 1:42 PM
PROVIDED CLINICAL INDICATIONS: Thyrotoxicosis without thyroid storm,
unspecified thyrotoxicosis type Thyrotoxicosis, unspecified without thyrotoxic
crisis or storm
ADDITIONAL CLINICAL HISTORY: None.
COMPARISON: None.
FINDINGS: Real-time grayscale imaging as well as color Doppler imaging was
used to evaluate both thyroid lobes.
The right lobe is 2.5 x 1.2 x 0.7 cm.
The left lobe is 2.5x 0.7x 0.1cm.
Both lobes have heterogeneous echotexture with normal Doppler flow.