Journal of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism : JPEM
Is the tracheal index useful for evaluating the thyroid in infants suspected of hypothyroidism?
Nursel Muratoglu Sahin, Hasibe Gokce Cinar, Behiye Sarikaya Ozdemir, Meliksah Keskin, Semra Cetinkaya, Senay Savas Erdeve
Published: 202510.1515/jpem-2025-0444
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: Measuring the longitudinal axis of the thyroid in infants can be difficult because of their short necks. The tracheal index (TI) provides an estimate of thyroid size based only on transverse measurements. Three studies have examined TI in…
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