Consecutively operated patients with autoimmune thyroid disease - case 37 (conp 033) (ultrasonographic picture 2)

Upper part of the right lobe, longitudinal scan. It is worth noting this pattern: the thyroid presents pronounced fibrosis. The fibrotic vessels are presented as bright punctate granules or white lines depending on the angle between ultrasound and the fibrotic bundle. The misinterpretation of the former as microcalcification is not a rare situation. It would have no negative consequence in this patient while in the case of a nodule it could have.