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 888

Clinical data: A 28-year-old woman has been treated for recurrent hyperthyroidism for several years. She was referred for aspiration cytology of a thyroid nodule detected on ultrasound performed because of a planned surgery. The colleague described a nodule having microcalcifications in the lower part of the left lobe.

Palpation: no abnormality.

Laboratory data: TSH 0.01 mIU/L, FT4 31,5 pM/L on daily 20 mg methimazole.

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