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 710

Clinical data: A 21-year-old woman requested a second opinion. She has been treated for Graves' hyperthyroidism for three years. The hyperthyroidism relapsed two times. She suffered from mild exophthalmos and occasionally diplopia. Actually, she had no complaints. 

Palpation: The thyroid lobes were enlarged. There were no palpable nodules.

Laboratory data: subclinical hyperthyroidism on daily 15 mg methimazole therapy (TSH 0.001 mIU/L, FT4 12.9 pM/L, FT3 4.11 pM/L).

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