Natural course of Graves' disease - Table 4
Acute phase
5 weeks later

Right lobe, horizontal view

Right lobe, color Doppler mode

Left lobe, horizontal view

Left lobe, horizontal view, color Doppler mode
Compare the 2 series of pictures. In most cases 3-6 months is required to observe changes in the sonographic pattern. In this patient we can see that the hypoechogenicity and the increased vascularization in the left lobe (lower two rows) have decreased over 5 weeks.
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