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Ultrasound Measurements of Fetal Thyroid: Reference Ranges from a Cohort of Low-Risk Pregnant Women.

R M BarbosaK C AndradeC SilveiraC M AlmeidaRenato Teixeira SouzaP F OliveiraJosé Guilherme Cecatti
Published in: BioMed research international (2019)
We provided a reference curve of optimal thyroid development in a low-risk population that can be used as a standard of comparison to diagnose deviations from the norm. In addition, we demonstrated an alternative and simplified method for early recognition of thyroid morphological alterations by an individualized technique to evaluate the thyroid lobes.
Keyphrases
  • pregnant women
  • magnetic resonance imaging
  • computed tomography
  • ultrasound guided
  • contrast enhanced ultrasound