"Thyrogenic" Infantilism Displaying an Unusual Pattern of Thyroid Function

Follicular thyroid carcinoma with an unusual glomeruloid pattern of growth.

We describe an uncommon thyroid tumor in a 56-year-old woman. The widely infiltrating, angioinvasive neoplasm, 5 cm in diameter, exhibited a peculiar architectural growth pattern characterized by follicles with round to oval epithelial tufts growing within, often supported by a fibrovascular core mimicking the renal glomerulus. Colloid-empty follicles, tubular or elongated, were lined by pseudo...

Thyroid Storm: An Unusual Presentation

A 32-year old female patient was hospitalized in a referral hospital with fever, diarrhea, seizures and altered sensorium. On physical examination, patient was febrile with tachycardia. Suspecting the diagnosis of thyroid storm clinically, the patient was started on aggressive antithyroid treatment after which she showed marked clinical improvement.

An Unusual Case of Cauda Equina Secondary to Spinal Metastasis of Thyroid Cancer

Introduction: Cauda equina secondary to metastatic follicular thyroid cancer of the lumbosacral area is a rare entity.   Case Report: We report an unusual case of a 52-year-old male who presented with backache, lower limb weakness, and perianal numbness. A CT-scan of the lumbosacral area showed an enhancing mass at the L4, L5 and S1 vertebrae. Histopathology after excision revealed a metast...

A case of T4 toxicosis complicated by thyroid storm with an unusual precipitant

An unusual cause of miliary radiographic pattern.

1 of 2 DESCRIPTION A 26-year-old woman presented to our medical assessment unit with a 2-week history of breathlessness and cough. She was a lifelong non-smoker and had kept a parrot for many years. She was in type 1 respiratory failure with oxygen saturations of 87% and PO 2 of 7.8 kpa breathing room air. A chest radiograph showed multiple nodules in a miliary pattern ( fi gure 1 ). There was ...