COURSE on THYROID ULTRASOUND

Section 2 The nodular goiter

Part 7 Extrathyroidal spread

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Extrathyroidal growth - case 2026

Clinical data: A 49-yr-old woman came to a follow-up examination. A cystic nodule has been diagnosed for 5 years when the size of the nodule was 28x25x38 mm (width, depth and length, respectively). At the first occasion 6 mL brown fluid was aspirated and cytology resulted in benign cystic-colloid goiter. The patient had no complaints and the cystic nodule has not refilled.

Palpation: The right lobe was suspicious having a nodule.

Laboratory data: TSH 1.06 mIU/L.

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