Thyroid scan

[Alisbabas]

Hi,

I went for a private thyroid scan as my throat is really getting me down clicking so I was curious.

I was told my thyroid is small for my age it was scanned 10 years ago and all it showed was thyroiditis.

My report says it appears small with irregular in outline and heterogeneous with numerous ill-defined hypoechoic nodules.

It also says it demonstrates reduced vascularity on colour doppler.

Can someone help with interpretation please.

Should you get then regularly checks as I was only told to discuss with gp

Thanks

Ali

[PurpleNails Administrator]

Was the any discussion about what the clicking issue might be a result of? Did the report mention it?

Initially with thyroiditis the thyroid can enlarge, but shrinkage is often detected, especially later on. With thyroiditis the immune system it attacking the thyroid and leaving it damaged (this it what causes the of underproduction of hormones) the damage can be referred to as atrophied tissue.

The varying texture is referred to as heterogeneous.

Nodules are common in thyroid, Hypo-echoic means it’s less dense than a normal thyroid.

Reduced vascularity means the blood flow is less than normal (as there is lower volume of the thyroid)

This is consistent with original diagnosis of thyroiditis. There’s nothing to be alarmed about.

You shouldn’t need a repeat scan. Scans aren’t routinely done for thyroid dysfunction, often they are only done if there is an specific issue affecting swallowing, breathing or voice.

[Alisbabas in reply to PurpleNails]

Hi,

I was just told to get it checked as it looks like it was slightly in my thracea.

Thanks for your input

Ali