Clinical data: a 56-year-old man referred for ethanol sclerotherapy. He was discovered harboring an enlarged right thyroid causing already difficulties in swallowing. Aspiration cytology resulted in benign colloid goiter. Ha was an actor and therefore his endocrinologist offered sclerotherapy instead of surgery.

Palpation: an enlarged nodular right thyroid.

Functional state: euthyroidism (TSH 0.17 mIU/L, FT4 13.2).

 

The lesion in question is located in the left lobe.