COURSE on THYROID ULTRASOUND

Section 2 The nodular goiter

Part 8 Halo and vascularity

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Halo sign and vascularization - case 2223

Clinical data: A 9-year-old girl was referred for aspiration cytology. She had been treated for hypothyroidism for three months. On ultrasound a suspicious nodule was detected but FNA was non-diagnostic.

Palpation: no abnormality.

Laboratory data: TSH 3.14 mIU/L on daily 50 microgram levothyroxine.

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