Measurement Of Thyroid Volume For Normal Adult Sudanese Using Ultrasonography

Abstract

This study to measure the thyroid volume in normal adult Sudanese male and female in Khartoum in altamuze hospital .All the subjects were scaned for thyroid by measured thyroid volume on the affected subjects were evaluated by using (Alpinion-Ecube 7) ultrasound machine by 7.5 MHZ linear transducer from July to September 2016 . The study involved 53 subjects 31 of which female whereas 22were male aged (20-30) years .the data analysed using excel Microsoft office programme and SPSS .the volume of each lobe was calculated automatically in the machine by using ellipsoid formula (the volume=length ×width ×width× depth × 0.52) and the total thyroid volume obtained by adding the volume of the both lobes .The study was result the mean ages and ranges was 25.64±3.61 years old the overall mean volume ±SD ml of thyroid gland was 5.48±1.35ml the mean volume of RT lobe 2.89 ±0.75ml the mean volume of the LT lobe was 2.58 ±0.76ml the RT lobe is greater than the left lobe . the mean thyroid volume for males was 5.6±1.29 ml ,while for females was 5.4±1.40 ml the mean thyroid volume in male is greater than female .The ultrasound has proven as useful method for the assessment of the thyroid volume and it is safety and less expensive.