Table 3.

The occurrence and type of discrete lesions in euthyroid Hashimoto patients.

	Group 1 (age 3–20)			Group 2 (age 21–90)
	Ultrasound diagnosis	Histological diagnosis		Ultrasound diagnosis	Histological diagnosis
		No nodule	Nodule present		No nodule	Nodule present
No discrete lesion∗	249	2∗∗	0	164	2∗∗	0
Pseudonodule	136	3∗∗	0	158	5∗∗	0
True nodule	12	1	3	50	1	6
	397			372

^∗Included discrete lesions < 5 mm in maximal diameter.

^∗∗Patients were operated on compression signs caused by goiter.