Turkish Archives of Pediatrics
Original Article

The Effectiveness of Thyroid Elastography in Evaluating Thyroiditis in Children with Type 1 Diabetes

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Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, Health Sciences University, Kayseri City Hospital, Kayseri, Turkey

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Division of Pediatric Radiology, Department of Radiology, Health Sciences University, Kayseri City Hospital, Kayseri, Turkey

Turk Arch Pediatr 2023; 58: 322-327
DOI: 10.5152/TurkArchPediatr.2023.22323
Read: 439 Downloads: 213 Published: 01 May 2023

Objective: Shear wave elastography can detect inflammation and fibrosis in the thyroid tissue. It can be used to evaluate Hashimoto's thyroiditis or in the assessment of thyroid diseases accompanying type 1 diabetes mellitus. Our aim was to examine whether there is a difference between the shear wave elastography scores as kilopascals of individuals with type 1 diabetes mellitus and healthy children, and the relationship between diabetes-related parameters and shear wave elastography scores.

Materials and Methods: A total of 77 type 1 diabetes mellitus children and 53 healthy controls were compared. Serum thyroid-stimulating hormone, free thyroxine, free tri-iodothyronine, antibodies against thyroid peroxidase and thyroglobulin, average of the last 2 control plasma glycosylated hemoglobin A1c, duration of diabetes and daily insulin dose in diabetic individuals, thyroiditis staging by ultrasound, and shear wave elastography scores were also recorded.

Results: In terms of shear wave elastography scores, no significant difference was found between the healthy control group and the group with type 1 diabetes mellitus without Hashimoto's thyroiditis (7.9 ± 2.8 kPa vs. 8.4 ± 3.3 kPa, P = .772). The score of the group with type 1 diabetes mellitus accompanied by Hashimoto's thyroiditis (15.1 ± 6.6 kPa) was found to be higher than the group with type 1 diabetes mellitus without Hashimoto's thyroiditis and the healthy control group (P = .022 and P = .015, respectively).

Conclusions: This is the first study to compare children with type 1 diabetes mellitus and healthy controls in terms of shear wave elastography scores. We found that there was no significant difference between the shear wave elastography scores of children with type 1 diabetes mellitus without Hashimoto's thyroiditis compared to healthy controls.

Cite this article as: Koca SB, Seber T. The effectiveness of thyroid elastography in evaluating thyroiditis in children with type 1 diabetes. Turk Arch Pediatr. 2023;58(3):322-327.

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