Lymphocytic thyroiditis - case 1124 |
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Clinical presentation: A 57-year-old woman was referred for evaluation of a multinodular goiter detected on routine physical examination and thereafter on ultrasound.
Palpation: Both lobes were firm and nodular.
Laboratory tests: TSH 0.66 mIU/L, aTPO 763 U/mL.
Ultrasound. The thyroid was hypoechogenic. Great proportion of the thyroid was composed of echonormal and minimally-moderately hypoechogenic discrete lesions which corresponded to pseudonodules. There was a relatively large echonormal lesion in the upper part of the right lobe, the characterization of which was doubtful, but this lesion might be a nodule in pathological sense.
Aspiration was performed from a hyperechogenic lesion located in the ventromedial part of the right lobe and from a hypoechogenic lesion having punctate echogenic foci. Cytology resulted in Hashimoto's thyroiditis in both locations.
Comment. The thyroid presents the characteristic pseudonodular pattern of Hashimoto's thyroiditis.










