Heterogeneous Appearance

[suretobeoverworried]

Not sure what this means.......

Ultrasound Findings:
RT Lobe 4.4cm long x 1.5cm tv x 1.4cm ap, Left 4.5cm long x 1.4cm tv x 1.2 cm ap.  Entire thyroid gland has heterogeneous appearance. No nodules demonstrated.
The heterogeneous appearance of the thyroid gland is similar to the comparison ultrasound 3/2009.

TSH: 2.4, T4 9.3, FT4 1.09, Thyperoxidase AB 28.1, Thyroglobulin AB 40.7

Any clues for me?  I know the bloodwork is within normal limits.

THANK YOU!

[suretobeoverworried]

Thank you.

My doctor wanted to follow up. I guess they aren't sure why they don't see anything in my blood results. Story of my life borderline. LOL

I just wanted to make sure it wasn't looking like cancer.

[Mark Lupo, M.D.]

The heterogeneity is most commonly due to hashimoto's but in this case the AB's appear normal.  Sometimes the ultrasound changes come before lab changes - so perhaps this is early hashimoto's or you had another type of thyroid inflammation (which is usually transient, ie thyroiditis)

Why did you have the ultrasound in 3/09 then repeated recently? the size is normal and there are no nodules.......