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 50
Clinical data: A 34-year-old woman came to follow-up examination. She was treated for hypothyroidism for 4 years. We met the patient 17 months before the present examination while she was on 8th week of pregnancy. At this time, a nodule was diagnosed. Aspiration cytology resulted in follicular tumor. We told the patient that she will need to have surgery once she has finished breastfeeding.
Palpation: Both lobes were firm, the left lobe was nodular on palpation.
Laboratory data: TSH 0.02 mIU/L, FT4 8.05 pM/L on daily 125 microgram levothyroxine.
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