COURSE on THYROID ULTRASOUND
Section 6 Advanced courses
Part 6 Thyroid cancers
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Thyroid cancer - case 1066
Clinical data: A 75-year-old man was referred for evaluation of a suddenly developed mass in the region of the left lobe. The tumor developed within 2 months. The patient has been operated on bladder cancer for 8 years, no recurrence was found on the last check 5 months ago. We met the patient 8 years ago. The thyroid was echonormal. The right lobe had a solitary hypoechoic nodule with the dimensions of 12x10x13 mm, width, depth, length, respectively. FAN resulted in benign, colloid goiter.
Palpation: There was a large, very firm mass in the region of the left lobe and lateral to it.
Laboratory data: TSH 0.96 mIU/L.
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