Conclusions. The underlying heterogeneous echogenicity of a thyroid gland affected by diffuse Hashimoto's thyroiditis does not significantly influence the detection of multi-focality in papillary thyroid cancer on pre-operative ultrasound staging.iffuse thyroid disease (DTD) includes autoimmune thyroid diseases such as Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) and Graves' disease. Known US features of DTD are decreased or increased parenchymal echogenicity, coarse echotexture, micro-nodulations and scattered micro-calcifications (Kim et al., 2010 and Pedersen et al., 2000).
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