[Comparison of the data of palpation and ultrasonic examination in assessing the dimensions of the thyroid gland]. / Sopostavlenie dannykh pal'patsii i ul'trazvukogo obsledovaniia pri opredelenii razmerov shchitovidnoi zhelezy.

Comparison of the thyroid-sizes estimated by palpation and ultrasonic scanning in 282 women and 178 men has shown that if the thyroid is small (from 0 to 2nd degree, according to O. V. Nikolayev's classification), its size cannot be estimated by palpation and this method fails to assess the endemic goiter in epidemiologic surveys. Correlation between the thyroid size estimated by palpation and its ultrasonically assessed volume has made up 0.346 (p < 0.001) in women and 0.193 (p < 0.01) in men. Ultrasonic assessment of the thyroid volume appears useful both for clinical and epidemiologic studies.