We report an unusual case of skull metastasis secondary to thyroid carcinoma in an adolescent girl. The 18-year-old presented with an occipital scalp swelling of 5 years' duration. She reported having thyroid surgery in mainland China 10 years previously. Radiological investigations on presentation demonstrated a lytic hypervascular skull lesion. Preoperative angiography and embolisation was fo...

BACKGROUND Thyroid metastasis of soft tissue sarcoma is very rare, and the diagnosis is especially difficult when only a single lesion is present. CASE PRESENTATION A 50-year-old man was diagnosed with myxoid liposarcoma of the right thigh and treated with wide resection. Two and a half years after the surgery, a growing low-density area was incidentally observed in the right lobe of his thyr...

An ectopic location of the thyroid gland usually occurs in the midline, starting anywhere from the tongue to the diaphragm. The occurrence of an ectopic thyroid gland in a non-midline site is extremely rare. We report a 32-year-old Malay woman with an aberrant thyroid gland presenting as a parapharyngeal lesion. She had a normally functioning thyroid gland. An ectopic thyroid should be consider...

Background Thyroid disease is a common complication of systemic lupus erythematosus manifesting in 30% cases due to disturbance autoimmune mechanisms. Objectives evaluating the effect thyroid lesion on course based clinical and laboratory parameters, level antibodies hormones. Methods Among 65 examined patients with SLE (63 women 2 men aged 19-65) we revealed disorder third patients. Patients w...

This study was designed to explore differences in the ultrasonographic characteristics of medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) and papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). This study included 35 cases of MTC and 96 cases of PTC that were surgically and pathologically confirmed. Preoperative ultrasound images were retrospectively reviewed by two physicians (with 5 years' experience in thyroid ultrasound)...

journal.publications.chestnet.org Figure 1. A, Contrast-enhanced axial enhanced CT scan through the thoracic inlet demonstrates a 2-cm, homogenously low-attenuation nodule in the right lobe of the thyroid accessible to ultrasound fi ne-needle aspiration (arrow). B, High-frequency transverse ultrasound image of the neck demonstrates a predominantly hypoechoic fl uid-containing lesion in the righ...

Ectopic thyroid tissue refers to presence of thyroid tissue at locations away from the normal site in the pretracheal region in the lower neck. Few of such cases are associated with a functioning thyroid gland in its normal anatomical location. However in many cases, the ectopic thyroid gland is the only functioning thyroid. Radionuclide scan is mandatory when dealing with an ectopic thyroid le...

According to the literature thyroid nodules are quite rare in the first two decades of life. However, there are some exceptions, relating to areas with an iodine deficiency or affected by radioactive fallout, where the risk of nodules and carcinomas is increased. Therefore, it is a great challenge for the physician to distinguish between benign and malignant lesions preoperatively, and not only...

Objective. This was a comparative study between FNAC and thyroid scan used to diagnose the solitary thyroid nodule and histopathology was used as gold standard to compare the results of both modalities. We hypothesized that Fine needle aspiration cytology and thyroid scan diagnose solitary thyroid nodule (STN) as accurately as histopathology. Materials and Methods. This study comprised of 50 pa...

A 68-year-old man presented with his left index finger swollen at the proximal interphalangeal joint (Picture 1A). He noticed palpitation, tremor and weight loss 3 months previously. At presentation, atrial fibrillation, pretibial myxedema, exophthalmos, diplopia on upgaze, but not fingernail clubbing were noted. Thyroid function tests were indicative of hyperthyroidism, leading to a diagnosis ...