Clinical, Laboratory, and Ultrasound Related Diagnoses of Thyroid Disorders: Using a Family Medicine Center Data to Assess Thyroiditis and Thyroid Nodules in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia.
Malak A Al ShammariMoataza M Abdel WahabNouf A AlShamlanReem S AlOmarAbdullatif K AlthunyanLayla M AlghamdiAdam Fahad AldhawyanNaheel A AlAmerSara A ElmakiOmran Al DandanPublished in: Journal of primary care & community health (2022)
Thyroiditis and thyroid nodules were common in our cohort. Vitamin D deficiency, other autoimmune diseases, and a family history of thyroid disorders were associated with thyroiditis and thyroid nodules. US is useful for identifying the type of thyroid disease.