An Unusual Presentation of a Large Calcified Thyroid Nodule

This case highlights the rare occurrence of a large benign calcified nodule of the left lobe of the thyroid gland with associated obstructive symptoms. Unusually, the calcification was confluent with similar calcified nodules in the subcutaneous tissue plane. The symptoms were alleviated following a...

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Autores principales: Jayarajah, Umesh, Wijerathne, Pradeep, Basnayake, Oshan, Seneviratne, Sanjeewa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6247657/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30533240
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/1795028
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author Jayarajah, Umesh
Wijerathne, Pradeep
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description This case highlights the rare occurrence of a large benign calcified nodule of the left lobe of the thyroid gland with associated obstructive symptoms. Unusually, the calcification was confluent with similar calcified nodules in the subcutaneous tissue plane. The symptoms were alleviated following a total thyroidectomy.
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spelling pubmed-62476572018-12-09 An Unusual Presentation of a Large Calcified Thyroid Nodule Jayarajah, Umesh Wijerathne, Pradeep Basnayake, Oshan Seneviratne, Sanjeewa Case Rep Surg Case Report This case highlights the rare occurrence of a large benign calcified nodule of the left lobe of the thyroid gland with associated obstructive symptoms. Unusually, the calcification was confluent with similar calcified nodules in the subcutaneous tissue plane. The symptoms were alleviated following a total thyroidectomy. Hindawi 2018-11-07 /pmc/articles/PMC6247657/ /pubmed/30533240 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/1795028 Text en Copyright © 2018 Umesh Jayarajah et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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