Intrathyroidal thymic tissue mimicking a malignant thyroid nodule in a 4-year-old child

Intrathyroidal thymic tissue is rare and may be confused with a malignant thyroid nodule because of hyperechoic dots mimicking calcifications. We report the case of a thyroid nodule with malignant ultrasonographic findings in a 4-year-old child, which was confirmed cytologically as ectopic thymic ti...

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Autores principales: Park, So Hyun, Ryu, Chang-Woo, Kim, Gou Young, Shim, Kye Shik
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Society of Ultrasound in Medicine 2014
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4058972/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24936498
http://dx.doi.org/10.14366/usg.13001
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Sumario:Intrathyroidal thymic tissue is rare and may be confused with a malignant thyroid nodule because of hyperechoic dots mimicking calcifications. We report the case of a thyroid nodule with malignant ultrasonographic findings in a 4-year-old child, which was confirmed cytologically as ectopic thymic tissue. The sonographic findings of ectopic thymus were similar to those of the thymus; therefore, clinicians should be familiar with ultrasonography findings of normal thymic tissue.

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