HYALINISING TRABECULAR TUMOUR OF THE THYROID GLAND– A DIAGNOSTIC CHALLENGE
Journal Title: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 6, Issue 66
Abstract
A 42-year-old housewife presented to the Otorhinolaryngology Outpatient Department with a painless swelling of left side of the neck, insidious in onset, gradually increasing in size since 1 year. On local examination, the swelling measured 4 cm × 3 cm and was nodular, firm, mobile, nontender, and moving with deglutition. Cervical lymphadenopathy was absent. Skull and spine were normal. Thyroid function tests revealed that she was euthyroid. Ultrasonography of the neck showed a well-defined nodule on the left thyroid lobe with homogenous echotexture. Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) was performed elsewhere and a diagnosis of papillary carcinoma was given. She came to our department to undergo total thyroidectomy with lymph node dissection, which is the standard surgical management for papillary carcinoma. Her internal medicine practitioner gave reference to our tertiary care centre for the same
Authors and Affiliations
Hema Kini, Saraswathy Sreeram, Vijendra Shenoy, Nirupama Murali
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