Data
Clinical presentation: A 71-year-old woman was referred for evaluation of a thyroid nodule i the isthmus. The patient was evaluated because of diffuse complaints including wight gain, hypertension, headache, and hair loss.
Palpation: a not firm nodule in the isthmus.
Laboratory test: TSH 2.49 mIU/L, aTPO 12 U/mL.
Cytology of the lesion in question resulted in lymphocytic thyroiditis.
Diagnosis. Euthyroidism. Hashimoto's thyroiditis. A questionable lesion without oncological significance.
Suggestion: TSH and ultrasound in two years.