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Thyroid ultrasound Thyroid ultrasound is a sound wave picture of the thyroid gland taken by a hand-held instrument and translated to a2-dimensional picture on a monitor. It is used in diagnosis of tumors, cysts or goiters of the thyroid, and is a painless, no-riskprocedure.
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| Review Date: 11/3/2004 12:00:00 AM
Reviewed By: Jeffrey J. Brown, MD FACR, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
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