: Echography of the thyroid was performed on 542 persons with thyroid glands normal to palpation. Thyroid volume in men ranged between 9 and 38 ml, in females between 6 and 25 ml; median 16.7 ml and 13.5 ml, respectively. This sex difference is significant. There was only a weakly positive correlation between thyroid size, on one hand, and age or surface area, on the other. In future, thyroid echography should be used as reliable and yet simple method in any epidemiological study of the incidence of goitre.
Journal Article Ultrasonic determination of thyroid volume in non-toxic goitre: treatment with thyroxine versus iodide Get access T Olbricht, T Olbricht Abt. für klinische Endokrinologie, Universitätsklinikum Essen Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar T Schmitka, T Schmitka Abt. für klinische Endokrinologie, Universitätsklinikum Essen Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar G Benker, G Benker Abt. für klinische Endokrinologie, Universitätsklinikum Essen Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar U Mellinghoff, U Mellinghoff Abt. für klinische Endokrinologie, Universitätsklinikum Essen Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar D Reinwein D Reinwein Abt. für klinische Endokrinologie, Universitätsklinikum Essen Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Acta Endocrinologica (Norway), Volume 104, Issue 4_Supplement_b, Dec 1984, Page S81, https://doi.org/10.1530/acta.0.107S081 Published: 01 December 1984
Echography of the thyroid was performed on 542 persons with thyroid glands normal to palpation. Thyroid volume in men ranged between 9 and 38 ml, in females between 6 and 25 ml; median 16.7 ml and 13.5 ml, respectively. This sex difference is significant. There was only a weakly positive correlation between thyroid size, on one hand, and age or surface area, on the other. In future, thyroid echography should be used as reliable and yet simple method in any epidemiological study of the incidence of goitre.
