Clinical Features:
A 35-year-old female patient came with
- Midline neck swelling
- Weight loss
- Diarrhoea
Ultrasound Features:
- Diffusely enlarged thyroid gland with heterogeneous echotexture.
- Grossly increased parenchymal vascularity forming the ‘Thyroid Inferno’ as well as grossly increased flow velocities in bilateral thyroid arteries.
Ultrasound Diagnosis:
Hyperthyroid Goitre
Ultrasound Images:
Diffuse thyromegaly with heterogeneous parenchyma
Thickened isthmus with high parenchymal vascularity
Enlarged inhomogeneous right lobe
Enlarged inhomogeneous left lobe
Very high flow velocities in the right inferior thyroid artery
Very high flow velocities in the right superior thyroid artery
Very high flow velocities in the left inferior thyroid artery
Very high flow velocities in the left superior thyroid artery
Increased parenchymal vascularity
Thyroid Inferno
Normal right submandibular gland
Normal left submandibular gland
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