PAPILLON SEMINARS on THYROID ULTRASOUND

Case 3 (case 2223)

 

Clinical presentation: A 9-year-old girl was referred for aspiration cytology. She had been treated for hypothyroidism for three months. On ultrasound a suspicious nodule was detected but FNA was non-diagnostic.

Palpation: no abnormality.

Hormonal investigation: TSH 3.14 mIU/L on daily 50 microgram levothyroxine.

The dimensions of the nodule in the right lobe were 11x12x13 mm, width, depth, length, respectively.

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