Clinical presentation: An 83-yr-old woman was referred for evaluation of multinodular goiter which has been known for decades.

Palpation: Both lobes were nodular, none of the nodules was firm.

Laboratory tests: TSH 0.89 mIU/l, FT4 13,5 pM/L.

Ultrasound. The right lobe had a hypoechoic nodule. There was an undulation on the medial border which was caused by an echonormal lesion. The left lobe presented a large echonormal-cystic nodule.

Aspiration cytology from the hypoechoic nodule resulted in benign colloid goiter.

Comments.

1. A nodule should follow the anatomy of the thyroid, which frequently narrows near to the carotid artery. This situation was responsible of a non-pathological spiculation demonstrated in this case.

2. It is evident, that an impression on the nodule border caused by another lesion does not correspond to pathological lobulation.