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Thyroid disease in the pediatric patient: emphasizing imaging with sonography

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Thyroid disease does occur in the pediatric patient, and imaging plays an important role in its evaluation. A review is presented of normal development of the thyroid gland, the technique and indications for thyroid sonography, and key imaging features of congenital thyroid disorders (ectopic or absent thyroid, infantile goiter, thyroglossal duct remnants), benign thyroid masses (follicular adenoma, degenerative nodules, colloid and thyroid cysts), malignant masses (follicular, papillary and medullary carcinoma) and diffuse thyroid disease (acute bacterial thyroiditis, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, Grave's disease).

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Babcock, D.S. Thyroid disease in the pediatric patient: emphasizing imaging with sonography. Pediatr Radiol 36, 299–308 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-005-0062-5

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