Consecutively operated patients with autoimmune thyroid disease - case 24 (790) (ultrasonographic picture 6)

Lower part of the left lobe, longitudinal view. This pattern is very edifying. There are numerous bright echogenic foci. These are presentations of connective tissue because of the synchronous presence of echogenic lines. Naturally, in this case the presence of echogenic granules does not cause any differential diagnostic problem. However, a similar presentation of echogenic punctate foci in the event of a nodule is not infrequently misinterpreted as microcalcification.