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“Slight heterogenous echotexture changes”

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Is this to be expected in someone with Hashi’s?

The U/S person recommends this be correlated with my thyroid antibodies and thyroid function, which I will make sure my GP does.

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It would seem so Geiger

Heterogeneous echogenicity of the thyroid gland is a non-specific finding and is associated with conditions diffusely affecting the thyroid gland. These include:

Hashimoto thyroiditis, Graves disease

radiopaedia.org/articles/he...

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HowNowWhatNow in reply toRedApple

Thank you

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You already knew you had Hashimoto’s

Have you had thyroid and vitamin retesting done yet …

Plus coeliac blood test if not already on strictly gluten free diet

Your previous vitamin levels were really really low

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