Graves disease
Diagnosis almost certain
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22-year old woman with enlarged thyroid.
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Graves disease is a common diffuse abnormality of the thyroid gland usually characterizedcharacterised by thyrotoxicosis. With With color Doppler most Graves disease patients show a pulsatile pattern better known as thyroid inferno. This This pattern consists of multiple small areas of intrathyroidal flow seen diffusely throughout the gland. This hypervascularity is This hypervascularity is due to arteriovenous shunts in the thyroid gland thyroid gland.
-<p><a href="/articles/graves-disease" title="Graves disease">Graves disease</a> is a common diffuse abnormality of the thyroid gland usually characterized by thyrotoxicosis.  With color Doppler most Graves disease patients show a pulsatile pattern better known as <a href="/articles/thyroid-inferno" title="thyroid inferno">thyroid inferno</a>. This pattern consists of multiple small areas of intrathyroidal flow seen diffusely throughout the gland. This hypervascularity is due to arteriovenous shunts in the thyroid gland.</p>- +<p><a href="/articles/graves-disease">Graves disease</a> is a common diffuse abnormality of the thyroid gland usually characterised by thyrotoxicosis. With color Doppler most Graves disease patients show a pulsatile pattern better known as <a href="/articles/thyroid-inferno">thyroid inferno</a>. This pattern consists of multiple small areas of intrathyroidal flow seen diffusely throughout the gland. This hypervascularity is due to arteriovenous shunts in the thyroid gland.</p>
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