So far, with the rapid development of modern medicine, the diagnosis of diseases, observation is becoming more and more accurate, including thyroid color ultrasound examination, often a check, the size, nature, morphology and other conditions of the nodule can be given a very detailed description, but many people actually know little about the various descriptions on the thyroid color ultrasound, so as to ignore some "bad" nodule descriptions, delay the first opportunity, today we talk about the thyroid color ultrasound in detail how to look?
1. Low echo
A description of hypoechoic indicates that the nodule is solid, and a very hypoechoic description indicates a malignant nodule is more likely.
2. The shape is irregular and the boundary is not clear
These descriptions appear on the report and indicate that the nodule is irregularly shaped and adheres to normal surrounding tissue, which is usually malignant, whereas a benign nodule is usually well-defined.
3. Abundant blood flow signals
Benign nodules generally have no blood flow signals, while malignant nodules often need more nutrients and abundant blood circulation.
4. Sand granular calcification
Calcification is the deposition of calcium salts in thyroid nodules, not all calcifications are a description of malignant nodules, generally coarse calcifications, benign nodules are relatively likely, but sand granular calcifications and microcalcifications need to be vigilant to the malignant development of nodules, which are often punctate or clustered distribution.
5. Aspect ratio 1
A nodule with an aspect ratio greater than 1 indicates that the nodule grows longitudinally, which is quite different from the normal form of the nodule and is more than 1 cm in length, and the suspicion of malignant nodule is also high.
Swollen lymph nodes in the neck
Swollen lymph nodes in the neck are usually caused by inflammation or malignancy. If it is lymphadenopathy caused by inflammation, it can generally be **, and if it is a lesion caused by a malignant tumor, the prognosis is relatively poor. Therefore, once there is a swollen lymph node, and the lump of different sizes is palpable with the hand, it is necessary to see a doctor in time to prevent the lesion caused by the cancerous transformation of the cells.
7. Thyroid membrane invasion
If the thyroid membrane is invaded, there is a great chance of cancer. Once cancer cells have broken through the basement membrane, including the envelope of the thyroid gland, they will continue to metastasize distantly and invade adjacent organs.
In the thyroid ultrasound examination, when there are more general malignant indications, the higher the malignant risk of nodules, and once the malignant risk of nodules reaches level 4 or above, that is, the nodules are classified to 4a and higher on the color ultrasound report, which needs to be treated as soon as possible.
For patients with low detection grade and small nodules, there is no need to "talk about cancer", not all nodules will necessarily develop into cancer, some nodules develop rapidly, and similarly, some nodules develop very slowly, therefore, in daily life, we can also take corresponding countermeasures to prevent nodules from becoming cancerous.
OnePrevent chronic inflammation and prevent cancer from coming to the door
Most cancers are related to chronic inflammation, and there are many thyroid cancer patients with Hashimoto's thyroiditis. After suffering from Hashimoto's thyroiditis, the immune system is disordered, and antibodies are constantly produced to destroy tissues and organs indiscriminately, when thyroid cells are continuously damaged and their function gradually declines, our own thyroid organs will generate new cells in order to repair the damaged cells, and at the same time replicate and generate new cells, if the DNA is duplicated incorrectly, malignant transformation will occur, leading to thyroid cancer.
Supplement trace elements, don't ignore the "cancer buster" around you! ”
In September 2003, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recognized selenium as a cancer suppressant, and some scientists have carried out long-term selenium supplementation for cancer patients, reducing the mortality rate of cancer by 50%. For patients with thyroid disease, eating more foods containing selenium can not only prevent cancer, but also benefit Hashimoto's condition.
Shellfish, nuts, and mushrooms are rich in selenium, which can be eaten 2-3 times a week by patients with thyroid disease.
At the same time, there is also a group of foods that have not been taken seriously, foods containing anthocyanins, which are natural antioxidants that can help remove free radicals in the body, such as blueberries, purple cabbage, purple sweet potatoes, grapes, red amaranth, eggplant skin, tomatoes, sweet potatoes, etc.
Second, microwave ablation of nodules can drive away hidden dangers in the early stage
At present, many people still take the way of blind observation to treat nodules, in fact, for some poorly described nodules, it is not advisable to blindly wait for observation, and some even have a certain risk of malignant nodules, but still choose to watch and wait, and finally can only surgically remove the gland, and lose the thyroid gland, you need to take artificial thyroxine for life to supplement the missing thyroxine, the gains outweigh the losses.
Microwave ablation is minimally invasive, carried out under the guidance of four-dimensional ultrasound, locating the nodule and inactivating the nodule at high temperature, which will not hurt the thyroid gland and will not damage the thyroid function. Because nodule ablation is not suitable for all nodules, 3 conditions must be met:No lymphatic metastases have occurred Nodules no longer than 1 cm have not broken through the capsule.
Epilogue.
Thyroid ultrasound is not obscure, and often has a lot of information that can predict cancer. This article describes the 7 major color ultrasound malignant descriptions, and explains how to prevent and treat thyroid nodular lesions. Welcome to leave a message or private message to discuss thyroid disease related issues.