MRI of the thyroid gland

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the thyroid and parathyroid glands is a diagnostic method of examination, which is used to visualize the shape, structure and size of the thyroid and parathyroid glands, as well as any pathological inclusions: calcifications, neoplasms, tumors, etc.

Indications for MRI of the thyroid gland:

• differential diagnostics when the patient is diagnosed with nodular formations;
• suspected neoplasms of the thyroid or parathyroid glands (cysts, adenomas, etc.);
• suspected presence of malignant tumors (follicular cancer, papillary carcinoma, angiosarcoma, etc.);
• deviations from the norm of hormonal parameters;
• pre- and postoperative diagnostics for thyroidectomy, etc.

Advantages of this method:

• a health-friendly diagnostic method;
• painless and non-invasive examination method (no need to directly intervene in the thyroid or parathyroid glands);
• use of special scanning programs with a small stepwise cut of 4 mm;
• differential diagnosis of malignancy of neoplasms at contrasting.

Doctors

Diagnostics

The St. Paraskeva Medical Center has a powerful radiology department with innovative diagnostic equipment of the highest world level.

One of them is the latest generation 1.5 Tesla magnetic resonance imager Toshiba Vantage ZGV Atlas (Japan).

Preparation for MRI of the thyroid gland

There is no special preparation for this examination.

Sequence of the examination

Filling out an information questionnaire by the patient before the examination, where the patient indicates complaints and preliminary diagnosis of the doctor who refers to the examination.

Removal of outerwear and jewelry from the body. Personal belongings can be left in a lockable booth, and valuables in a safe.

Informing the patient by the medical staff of the MRI office about the progress of the examination.

Directly during the examination, the patient is required to lie still. The duration of the procedure is 30 minutes.

At the end of the diagnosis, the patient dresses and waits for a CD with all the images obtained during the examination.

The patient can receive the conclusion of the radiologist by e-mail or at the reception at the St. Paraskeva Medical Center.

In some cases, MRI of thyroid and parathyroid glands, if necessary, is performed with intravenous contrasting through a peripheral catheter, which will allow differential diagnosis of malignancy of detected neoplasms.

The contrast agent is injected into the vessel remotely using a modern MRI injector Ulrich Medical Mississippi XD2000 (Germany). After the contrasting, the peripheral catheter is removed from the vessel, and a disposable patch is applied to the puncture site.

Contraindications to MRI of the thyroid gland

• general contraindications: pacemaker, metal structures in the body that tend to be magnetized; in some cases, braces (depending on the material of manufacture) can cause artifacts to appear in the images;
• individual hypersensitivity to gadoteric acid, meglumin, or any drug containing gadolinium;
• functional disorders of the kidneys (decreased renal clearance).