COURSE on THYROID ULTRASOUND

Section 2 The nodular goiter

Part 8 Halo and vascularity

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Halo sign and vascularization - case conp 079

Clinical data: A 34-year-old woman patient has delivered for six months. Thereafter a post partum thyroiditis has evolved. On evaluation a nodule was found and aspiration cytology resulted in benign lesion in another institute. The endocrinologist had doubts about the cytology and requested another FNA.

Palpation: Both lobes were firm, no nodule was palpable.

Laboratory data: TSH 26.9 mIU/L, aTPO >1000 U/mL.

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