Thyroid isthmus agenesis associated with solitary nodule: A case report

BACKGROUND: Agenesis of the isthmus associated with nontoxic solitary nodular goiter is a rare congenital anomaly. Imaging data exceptionally has been previously reported in the English language literature. CASE PRESENTATION: Preoperative assessment of a 22-year-old white man patient showed an asymp...

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Autores principales: Schanaider, Alberto, de Oliveira , Paschoal Josias
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2569915/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18834527
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-1-211
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Agenesis of the isthmus associated with nontoxic solitary nodular goiter is a rare congenital anomaly. Imaging data exceptionally has been previously reported in the English language literature. CASE PRESENTATION: Preoperative assessment of a 22-year-old white man patient showed an asymptomatic nodule of the thyroid at the left lobe, measuring 2.3 × 1.5 cm in diameter without regional lymphadenopathy. At surgical exploration it was seen an absence of the thyroid isthmus. CONCLUSION: Thyroid isthmus agenesis does not cause clinical symptoms by itself and most of the times the diagnosis is incidental due to the existence of other thyroid pathology.

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