Study on comparison of various TIRADS-systems and their elements - lesion 53 (videorecord)

doi: 10.24390/thyrosite.tirads.c053

Data

Clinical presentation: A 82-year-old man was referred for an evaluation of a rapidly increasing mass in the left thyroid lobe. The tumor evolved over 3 weeks and caused palsy of the left recurrent laryngeal nerve and dysphagia.

Palpation: a very hard, fixed left thyroid.

Laboratory test: TSH 2.32 mIU/L, FT4 18.6 pM/L.

Lesion in question:

the entire left lobe.

Additional information on the lesion

Dimensions (width x depth x length): 38x33x58 mm.

Taller-than wide sign present: absent.

Intranodular vascularization: absent.

Pathologic adenopathy: absent.