BACKGROUND In our daily experience, the differentiation between a cold and hot nodule is a very important factor for further clinical management of the patient. In this study, we compared the characteristics of incidentally found thyroid nodules detected on computed tomography (CT) to thyroid scintigraphy (TS). METHODS Diagnostic reports from chest CT with intravenous contrast and TS examinat...

Background: Thyroid nodules commonly occur in the general population. They are often discovered incidentally. Fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) is the usual practice for correctly diagnosing these nodules. Case presentation: The patient was a 24 year female. She presented with a thyroid nodule that was discovered incidentally as an otherwise asymptomatic neck mass. When her husband noticed t...

A 44-year-old woman presented with hyperthyroidism and a nodule in her thyroid. 1311-scintigraphy of the gland showed concentration of the tracer within the nodule and suppressed activity in the rest of the gland. Histology of the resected thyroid proved the nodule to be a papillary carcinoma. The presence of carcinoma within an autonomous hyperactive thyroid in a patient with hyperthyroidism h...

Thyroid nodules Thyroid nodules are common, occurring in almost two-thirds of some populations; among these only about 7% are malignant (1). The most important question with any new discovered thyroid nodule is, “is this malignant?” The main arbiter of malignancy or benignity remains fine needle aspiration. Given the resources involved, doing a fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) in every di...

A 51-year-old female patient presented with atypical chest pain, laryngo-oesophageal reflux, increased levels of serum calcium and parathyroid hormone. Ultrasonography showed a multinodular goiter with a prominent solid nodule in the lower left thyroid lobe and a solid hypoechoic nodule outside this area.Tc99m-sestamibi parathyroid scintigraphy was performed to investigate a primary hyperparath...

A 44-year-old woman presented with hyperthyroidism and a nodule in her thyroid. 1311-scintigraphy of the gland showed concentration of the tracer within the nodule and suppressed activity in the rest of the gland. Histology of the resected thyroid proved the nodule to be a papillary carcinoma. The presence of carcinoma within an autonomous hyperactive thyroid in a patient with hyperthyroidism h...

PURPOSE In cases of thyroid toxic autonomous nodule, anterior projection of Tc-99m pertechnetate image shows a hot nodule that occupies most, or the entire thyroid lobe with near-total or total suppression of the contra lateral lobe. In this case is very difficult to distinguish toxic nodule from lobe agenesis. Our interest was to estimate and determinate the rate of radioactivity when the sour...

OBJECTIVES Obesity has been found to be associated with an elevated risk of thyroid nodule(s), mainly in adults; however, evidence for this association in children was limited. The objective of this study was to investigate the association of adiposity and thyroid nodule(s) in children living in iodine-sufficiency areas. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS We conducted a cross-sectional study of 1403 Ch...