Correlation Between Thyroid Function Tests And Doppler Indices In Patients With Thyroiditis
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The integration of TFTs with imaging modalities and clinical parameters provides a comprehensive approach to evaluating thyroiditis. For instance, correlating TSH, FT3, and FT4 levels with Doppler ultrasound findings can help differentiate between hypervascular thyroid conditions like Graves’ disease and inflammatory conditions like subacute thyroiditis. The study was conducted at the Department of Radio-Diagnosis. This setting was selected due to its accessibility to a large and diverse patient population, including both outpatient and inpatient referrals for USG of thyroid. The institution is equipped with state-of-the-art diagnostic facilities, including high-resolution ultrasound (HRUS), essential for this study. The medical sciences institute provided a well-controlled environment for imaging and clinical examinations, making it an ideal location for collecting accurate and reliable data. In this significant correlation was found between PSV and various other thyroid hormones (p<0.001). A very high significant positive correlation was found between PSV and T3 and T4, with a Pearson correlation coefficient of 0.988 and 0.982 respectively. In contrast PSV had a very high significant negative correlation with TSH values in this study (-0.872)
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Dr Prajwal K N
1Senior resident, Department of Radio diagnosis, Chikmagalur institute of medical sciences, Chikmagalur, Karnataka, India
Dr Basavaraj K Hawaldar
Senior resident, Department of Radio diagnosis, Shri K H PATIL Institute of medical sciences, Gadag, Karnataka, India
Dr Priyanka Patil
Associate Professor, Department of Radio diagnosis, Shri K H PATIL Institute of medical sciences, Gadag, Karnataka, India
Dr Advaith Shivpur
Senior resident, Department of Radio diagnosis, Shri K H PATIL Institute of medical sciences, Gadag, Karnataka, India