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 cons100_044
Clinical data: A 69-year-old woman was referred for evaluation of a nodular goiter. The patient had been treated for hypothyroidism for 3 years. Four months prior to present investigation, she underwent cardiac by-pass surgery, and an enlarged nodular goiter was discovered which caused stricture of the trachea.
Palpation: Both lobes were enlarged and nodular on palpation.
Laboratory data: euthyroidism on daily 50 microgram levothyroxine (TSH 2.53 mIU/L).
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