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How big should your Thyroid be? My ultrasound results say the right lobe is 70x29x32mm and the left 62x22x26mm
How big should your Thyroid be? My ultrasound results say the right lobe is 70x29x32mm and the left 62x22x26mm
Thanks for that, I have since found out I have graves disease and am currently being treated for it
I have only found two different listed measurements online...
Endocrinologist Dr Mark Lupo noted on one of his Medhelp answers:
"I do 6-8 ultrasounds a day in the office and usually the measurements of normal thyroids are 4-4.8 x 1.0-1.8 x 0.8-1.6cm which is consistent with published dimensions."
http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Thyroid-Cancer-Nodules--Hyperthyroidism/Normal-Thyroid-Size/show/263195
Manfred ****, M.D. Professor of Medicine and Radiology, Director Thyroid Unit, New York University School of Medicine....
"Each lobe has a smooth globular-shaped contour and is no more than 3 - 4 centimeters in height, 1 - 1.5 cm in width, and 1 centimeter in depth. The isthmus is identified, anterior to the trachea as a uniform structure that is approximately 0.5 cm in height and 2 - 3 mm in depth."
So from these two findings, a normal sized thyroid lobe should be somewhere around these measurements...
Height: 4 - 4.8 cm (40 - 48 mm) / 3 - 4 cm (30 - 40mm)
Width: 1 - 1.8 cm (10 - 18 mm) / 1 - 1.5 cm (10 - 15mm)
Depth: 0.8 - 1.6 cm (8 - 16mm) / 1cm (10mm)
The lobes of the thyroid are almost always asymmetrical with the right lobe larger than the left; the total weight of the thyroid is approximately 20 - 25 grams; the thyroid is usually larger in women than men.
Endocrinologist Dr Mark Lupo noted on one of his Medhelp answers:
"I do 6-8 ultrasounds a day in the office and usually the measurements of normal thyroids are 4-4.8 x 1.0-1.8 x 0.8-1.6cm which is consistent with published dimensions."
http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Thyroid-Cancer-Nodules--Hyperthyroidism/Normal-Thyroid-Size/show/263195
Manfred ****, M.D. Professor of Medicine and Radiology, Director Thyroid Unit, New York University School of Medicine....
"Each lobe has a smooth globular-shaped contour and is no more than 3 - 4 centimeters in height, 1 - 1.5 cm in width, and 1 centimeter in depth. The isthmus is identified, anterior to the trachea as a uniform structure that is approximately 0.5 cm in height and 2 - 3 mm in depth."
So from these two findings, a normal sized thyroid lobe should be somewhere around these measurements...
Height: 4 - 4.8 cm (40 - 48 mm) / 3 - 4 cm (30 - 40mm)
Width: 1 - 1.8 cm (10 - 18 mm) / 1 - 1.5 cm (10 - 15mm)
Depth: 0.8 - 1.6 cm (8 - 16mm) / 1cm (10mm)
The lobes of the thyroid are almost always asymmetrical with the right lobe larger than the left; the total weight of the thyroid is approximately 20 - 25 grams; the thyroid is usually larger in women than men.
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