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My wife had a thyroid ultrasound and showed heterogenous echogenicity, hypervascular thyroid gland.no masses or nodules. any thoughts on what this is?

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Dr. Eric Stein answered

Specializes in Interventional Radiology

Could be Hashimoto's: Is the gland normal is size or enlarged? If normal-sized, could be hashimoto's. If enlarged it could be grave's disease, both of which are autoimmune diseases. She should find out if she's hypo- or hyperthyroid and have additional testing to see if she has hashimoto's.

Answered 12/30/2014

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