Study on 100 consecutive patients with thyroid nodule - case 037 (ultrasonographic picture 1b)


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Right lobe, longitudinal scan

Right lobe, transverse scan. The bright hyperechogenic granules (arrows) seem to be at first sight microcalcifications. However the presence of a few hyperechogenic lines (arrowheads) challenges this view: these figures might be presentations of connective tissue.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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