Data
Clinical presentation. A 38-year-old woman was referred for aspiration. She has been treated with hypothyroidism for several years. Recently, she moved to another town and visited a new endocrinological department where a thyroid ultrasound examination was performed and resulted in TIRADS 5 category (a lesion in the left lobe). The patient was told that a left lobectomy is unavoidable.
Palpation. Both lobes were firm and uneven on palpation.
Laboratory test: TSH 0.92 mIU/L, anti-TPO 807 U/mL.
Lesion in question:
the lesion in the ventral part of the left lobe.