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 1348 - part 2
Clinical data: A 38-yr-old woman noticed neck pain and fever 6 weeks ago. Two weeks before the present visit, both sides of the neck became tender. Non-steroid anti-inflammatory drugs only temporarily relieved her complaints, two courses of antibiotics were ineffective.
Palpation: Both lobes were hard. The left lobe was painful, the right was very tender.
Laboratory data: TSH 0.001 mIU/L, FT4 22,8 pM/L, FT3 7,03 pM/L, CRP 79 mg/L.
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