Highlights
- •Loss of normal high attenuation of enlarged thyroid glands on non-enhanced CT can be a diagnostic clue of Grave’s disease.
- •Enlargement of the right atrium or ventricle on CT may suggest presence of pulmonary hypertension.
- •Chest CT has the potential to diagnose Grave’s disease with pulmonary hypertension in the absence of clinical information.
Abstract
Objective
To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of chest CT findings to diagnose Grave's disease
in pulmonary hypertension.
Methods
We retrospectively evaluated chest CT and the medical records of 13 patients with
Grave's disease with (n = 6) or without pulmonary hypertension (n = 7) and in 17 control patients.
Results
Presence of iso-attenuation of diffusely enlarged thyroid glands compared with adjacent
neck muscle on non-enhanced CT as a diagnostic clue of Grave's disease, and assessment
of pulmonary hypertension on CT has high diagnostic accuracy.
Conclusion
Chest CT has the potential to diagnose Grave's disease with pulmonary hypertension
in the absence of other information.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: March 23, 2017
Accepted:
March 22,
2017
Received in revised form:
March 8,
2017
Received:
October 9,
2016
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