Evaluation and comparison of sonographic changes and thyroid function in iodinated intravenous contrast recipients and normal population

Abstract

Purpose: This study was aimed to Evaluation and Comparison of Sonographic Changes and Thyroid Function in Iodinated Intravenous Contrast Recipients and Normal Population in Isfahan. Methods: In a clinical trial study, 65 patients who exposed to Iodinated Intravenous Contrast and 92 patients who Recipients and non-exposed to Iodinated Intravenous Contrast were followed for 3 months after exposed to contrast. Thyroid function hormones, thyroid volume and thyroid nodule size were measured in the before intervention and 1 and 3 months after and compared between the two groups. Results: There was no significant difference between the two groups in terms of mean of thyroid volume before exposed (P=0.20) and three months after (P=0.96). The mean of nodule size was not significantly different between the two groups at any time (P> 0.05). Conclusion: In our patients we weren't found statistically different between exposed and non-exposed patients in changes of thyroid volume, nodule size and thyroid function but according to our limitation of the study, we offer evaluation of thyroid function tests before angiography.