Prominent Cold Nodule in Multinodular Goiter Revealed to Be Thyrolipoma: A Case Report

The presence of adipose tissue in the thyroid gland is a rare finding. Thyrolipoma or adenolipoma of the thyroid is a benign, encapsulated lesion of the thyroid composed of variable amounts of fat and glandular elements. This report presents a case of thyrolipoma in a 69-yr-old female presenting wit...

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Autores principales: Kadivar, Maryam, Kheirkhah Rahimabad, Parnian, Salarinejad, Sareh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Iranian Society of Pathology 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5604110/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28974966
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author Kadivar, Maryam
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Salarinejad, Sareh
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description The presence of adipose tissue in the thyroid gland is a rare finding. Thyrolipoma or adenolipoma of the thyroid is a benign, encapsulated lesion of the thyroid composed of variable amounts of fat and glandular elements. This report presents a case of thyrolipoma in a 69-yr-old female presenting with neck swelling and respiratory distress. Differential diagnosis of the fat-containing thyroid lesion is also presented. Differentiation of the condition from similar lesions is necessary for accurate diagnosis of thyrolipoma.
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spelling pubmed-56041102017-10-03 Prominent Cold Nodule in Multinodular Goiter Revealed to Be Thyrolipoma: A Case Report Kadivar, Maryam Kheirkhah Rahimabad, Parnian Salarinejad, Sareh Iran J Pathol Case Report The presence of adipose tissue in the thyroid gland is a rare finding. Thyrolipoma or adenolipoma of the thyroid is a benign, encapsulated lesion of the thyroid composed of variable amounts of fat and glandular elements. This report presents a case of thyrolipoma in a 69-yr-old female presenting with neck swelling and respiratory distress. Differential diagnosis of the fat-containing thyroid lesion is also presented. Differentiation of the condition from similar lesions is necessary for accurate diagnosis of thyrolipoma. Iranian Society of Pathology 2016 2016-12-24 /pmc/articles/PMC5604110/ /pubmed/28974966 Text en © 2017, IRANIAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Kadivar, Maryam
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Prominent Cold Nodule in Multinodular Goiter Revealed to Be Thyrolipoma: A Case Report
title Prominent Cold Nodule in Multinodular Goiter Revealed to Be Thyrolipoma: A Case Report
title_full Prominent Cold Nodule in Multinodular Goiter Revealed to Be Thyrolipoma: A Case Report
title_fullStr Prominent Cold Nodule in Multinodular Goiter Revealed to Be Thyrolipoma: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Prominent Cold Nodule in Multinodular Goiter Revealed to Be Thyrolipoma: A Case Report
title_short Prominent Cold Nodule in Multinodular Goiter Revealed to Be Thyrolipoma: A Case Report
title_sort prominent cold nodule in multinodular goiter revealed to be thyrolipoma: a case report
topic Case Report
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28974966
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