PAPILLON SEMINARS on THYROID ULTRASOUND

Case 3 (case 1646)

 

Clinical presentation. A 45-year-old woman requested a second opinion. She was evaluated in another hospital where hypothyroidism was diagnosed on clinical complaints. Ultrasonography described a 'suspicious nodule' in the upper pole of the left thyroid from which cytology resulted in suspicion of follicular carcinoma and a total thyroidectomy was indicated.

Palpation: The thyroid was not palpable.

Hormonal examination: hypothyroidism with TSH 23.7 mIU/L.