Volume : 6, Issue : 3, March - 2017

SONOGRAPHIC & COLOR DOPPLER EVALUATION OF THYROID NODULE/S AND ITS CORRELATION WITH FNAC/ HPE FINDINGS

Dr. Nancy Jindal, Dr. Aditi Vohra, Dr. Amit Mittal, Dr. Harneet Narula

Abstract :

Objective: To correlate provisional sonographic & Color Doppler diagnosis in differentiating benign & malignant thyroid nodules with pathological diagnosis on FNAC/ HPE. Methods: Relevant history, clinical examination & laboratory investigations of patients (>15yrs) with thyroid nodule/s was taken & recorded. All the patients were subjected to thyroid gland USG scan on Logiq 500 pro (GE system, USA) high frequency (8-11MHz) linear array transducer. Findings were correlated with pathological diagnosis on FNAC/ HPE.<o:p></o:p>   Results: Out of 30 cases studied, based on combined gray scale USG & Color Doppler features, 18 cases were diagnosed as benign & 12 cases were diagnosed as malignant. On pathological examination, 22 cases were proved with benign nodules & 8 cases were diagnosed with malignant nodules on FNAC/ HPE. In 17 benign & 7 malignant cases, provisional sonographic & Color Doppler diagnosis correlated well with pathological findings on FNAC/ HPE. In remaining 5 cases provisionally diagnosed as malignant & 1 patient provisionally diagnosed as benign, the sonographic diagnosis did not correlate with pathological diagnosis on FNAC/ HPE. These 5 provisionally diagnosed as malignant on USG were proved benign in nature &1 case provisionally diagnosed as benign was proved with malignant etiology on FNAC/ HPE.<o:p></o:p>   Conclusion: Combined gray scale sonography with Color Doppler features has higher sensitivity, specificity & accuracy in differentiating benign & malignant thyroid nodules.<o:p></o:p>

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sonography thyroid benign malignant

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Dr. Nancy Jindal, Dr. Aditi Vohra, Dr. Amit Mittal, Dr. Harneet Narula, SONOGRAPHIC & COLOR DOPPLER EVALUATION OF THYROID NODULE/S AND ITS CORRELATION WITH FNAC/ HPE FINDINGS, GLOBAL JOURNAL FOR RESEARCH ANALYSIS : Volume-6, Issue-3, March‾2017