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 795 - part 1
Clinical data: A 54-year-old woman presented with fever and a painful, suddenly enlarged goiter. The clinical picture was unaffected by two courses of antibiotic therapy. Her GP referred her for an evaluation with the suspicion of malignancy. The ESR was 87 mm/H, the CRP was 28.4 ng/L.
Palpation: a hard, uneven, and painful right thyroid.
Laboratory data: TSH 0.01 mIU/L, FT4 38.9 pM/L.
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