COURSE on THYROID ULTRASOUND
Section 6 Advanced courses
Part 4 The relation between a discrete lesion and a pathological nodule
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Lesions vc. nodule - case 259
Clinical data: A 73-year-old woman was referred for regular follow-up examination. She was treated for hypothyroidism for 17 years. Carotid Doppler examination was performed a month before the recent visit because of vertigo and a large hypoechogenic nodule was described in the right lobe.
Palpation: no abnormality.
Laboratory data: subclinical hypothyroidism on daily 100 microgram levothyroxine (TSH 8.59 mIU/L, FT4 12.1 pM/L).
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