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[Palpation and sonographic evaluation of the size of the thyroid gland]
1Dĕtská klinika ILF, Masarykova nemocnice, Ustí n. Labem.
Ceskoslovenska Pediatrie
|July 1, 1993
Abstract:
The author compared in 88 13-year-old children evaluation of the size of the thyroid gland by palpation and sonography. Evaluation by the two methods was in agreement in 64 cases (73%) and controversial in 24 cases (27%). Palpation led in 24 instances to overestimation of the size and in 7 children (8%) to underestimation, as compared with sonography. Sonography is an essential method for evaluation of the thyroid gland in children.