Heterogeneous thyroid gland with multiple hypodense nodules

[tayleighann]

I recently had a ct scan for chest pain and then in the the comments of the CT results it was stated "Heterogeneous thyroid gland with multiple hypodense
nodules, largest measuring up to 1.9 cm.  Recommend further
evaluation with thyroid ultrasound." I also have an enlarged Thymus as well i am not sure if these to issues correlate to eachother or not but i am mostly wondering about the thyroid issue. The hospital didn't even tell me about it my family doctor had to tell me.

[Red_Star]

Interesting that you mention the thymus gland. I'm going to have a chest scan of my thymus. I have had symptoms of Myasthenia Gravis for many years.  I tested positive for Cogan's lid twitch, enhanced ptosis (curtain sign), counting test to name a few. I have 4 other autoimmune diseases including Hashimoto's thyroiditis. There is a link between thyroid disease and MG. One study for instance finding 10% with MG had autoimmune thyroid disease.

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"Heterogeneous echogenicity of the thyroid gland is a non-specific finding and is associated with conditions diffusely affecting the thyroid gland. These include:

Hashimoto thyroiditis
Graves disease"*

*Radiopaedia - Heterogeneous thyroid echotexture