COURSE on THYROID ULTRASOUND

Section 4 Non-thyroidal elements in the anterior neck region

Part 2 Neck lymph nodes

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Lymph nodes - case 1675

Clinical data: A 36-year-old woman requested evaluation of a neck mass in the right submandibular area. She has been aware of this mass since early childhood. A few weeks after an upper respiratory infection, she noticed that the neck mass had enlarged and then spontaneously retreated a week later.

Palpation: There was a firm mass in the right submandibular area. The right thyroid lobe had firm nodule.

Laboratory data: TSH 0.99 mIU/L, FT4 17.3 pM/L, aTPO 167 U/mL.

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