Differential diagnostic problems: hyperthyoidism. Table 3
Hashimoto's thyroiditis - Case 33
Graves's disease

Right lobe, horizontal view

Left lobe, horizontal view

Right lobe, longitudinal view

Left lobe, longitudinal view

Right lobe, longitudinal view, color Doppler mode

Left lobe, longitudinal view, color Doppler mode

Compare the two series of pictures. The patient whose images are demonstrated on the left was treated with interferon and presented with a moderate degree of hyperthyroidism.

Three important differences can be observed: the sonographic pattern is more hypoechogenic, the thyroid is more vascularized and larger in Graves' disease compared with Hashimoto's thyroiditis.

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