COURSE on THYROID ULTRASOUND

Section 2 The nodular goiter

Part 4 Intranodular echogenic figures

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Echogenic figures - case 420

Clinical data: A 63-year-old woman requested an examination because of thyroid enlargement. She was operated on a multinodular goiter 20 years ago. She noticed a slow increase in the size of the right while a sudden increase in the left thyroid.

Palpation: a firm nodule in the right and an elastic one in the left lobe.

Laboratory data: euthyroidism (TSH 0.51 mIU/L, FT4 13.6 pM/L).

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