Yousef Mohamed, Sulieman Abdelmoneim, Ahmed Bushra, Abdella Alsafi, Eltom Khaled
College of Medical Radiologic Science, Sudan University of Science and Technology, Baladya Street, P.O. Box 1908, Khartoum 11111, Sudan.
J Thyroid Res. 2011;2011:935141. doi: 10.4061/2011/935141. Epub 2011 Sep 26.
This study aimed to establish a local reference of thyroid volume in Sudanese normal subjects using ultrasound. A total of 103 healthy subjects were studied, 28 (27.18%) females and 75 (72.82%) males. Thyroid volume was estimated using ellipsoid formula. The mean age and range of the subjects was 21.8 (19-29) years; the mean body mass index (BMI) was 22.3 (16.46-26.07) kg/m(2). The overall mean volume ± SD volume of the thyroid gland for both lobes in all the patients studied was 6.44 ± 2.44 mL. The mean volume for both lobes in females and males were 5.78 ± 1.96 mL and 6.69 ± 2.56 mL, respectively. The males' thyroid volume was greater than the females'. The mean volume of the right and left lobes of the thyroid gland in males and females were 3.38 ± 1.37 mL and 3.09 ± 1.24 mL, respectively. The right thyroid lobe volume was greater than the left. The values obtained in this study were lower than those reported from previous studies.
本研究旨在通过超声建立苏丹正常受试者甲状腺体积的本地参考值。共研究了103名健康受试者，其中女性28名（27.18%），男性75名（72.82%）。采用椭圆公式估算甲状腺体积。受试者的平均年龄和年龄范围为21.8（19 - 29）岁；平均体重指数（BMI）为22.3（16.46 - 26.07）kg/m²。在所有研究患者中，双侧甲状腺叶的总体平均体积±标准差体积为6.44±2.44 mL。女性和男性双侧叶的平均体积分别为5.78±1.96 mL和6.69±2.56 mL。男性的甲状腺体积大于女性。男性和女性甲状腺左右叶的平均体积分别为3.38±1.37 mL和3.09±1.24 mL。右侧甲状腺叶体积大于左侧。本研究获得的值低于先前研究报道的值。
