BACKGROUND The role of serum TSH concentrations as a predictor of malignancy of thyroid nodule remains unclear. OBJECTIVE To prospectively evaluate the usefulness of serum TSH levels as a predictor of malignancy in thyroid nodules. METHODS Patients with thyroid nodule(s) who underwent fine-needle aspiration biopsy under ultrasonographic guidance in a tertiary, university-based hospital were...

Introduction:Thyroid nodules are common entities presenting to the surgical outpatient department. They defined as A discrete swelling in an otherwise impalpable gland. Incidence of malignancy has been observed be quite high solitary thyroid nodules. Thus, they have evaluated properly for optimum management. Aim study is identify incidence nodule thyroid. Materials and Methods:This was a prospe...

The value of ultrasound in the diagnosis of a large rapidly growing thyroid mass was assessed in a study of 42 patients with a large (> 3 cm) rapidly growing (< two months) solitary mass. Haemorrhage into a thyroid nodule was present in 31 patients and thyroid malignancy in 11. Ultrasound of haemorrhage into a thyroid nodule revealed a large cystic mass in all 31 patients containing internal de...

A 50-year-old woman presented with an extremely uncommon case of solitary metastasis from follicular carcinoma of the thyroid, which presented clinically as trigeminal neurinoma. Neuroimaging detected a tumor in the right petrous apex, which was removed surgically. Histological examination showed metastatic follicular carcinoma of the thyroid. However, no primary tumor was detected by various i...

A solitary erythematous nodule on the arm A 31year old Kuwaiti female patient presented with a solitary skin lesion on the left arm since 1 year. The lesion started as a small red lesion that slowly progressed into a large nodule with erythematous halo. The lesion was painless and no other symptom was reported. There was no previous history of similar lesion and there was no history of any syst...

Systematic review of the available information with a modified, largely quantitative method of research synthesis disclosed that an initial trial of thyroid hormone suppression therapy leads to clinically significant (> or = 50%) reduction of nodule size or arrest of nodule growth in a subset of patients with benign solitary thyroid nodules. In fact, in addition to objective improvements due to...

OBJECTIVE To compare the efficacy of interstitial laser photocoagulation (ILP) with radioiodine in hot thyroid nodules. DESIGN Thirty consecutive outpatients with subclinical or mild hyperthyroidism and a scintigraphically solitary hot nodule with extraglandular suppression were randomized to either one ILP session or one radioiodine ((131)I) dose. METHODS ILP was performed under continuous...

Hyperfunctioning nodules of the thyroid are thought to only rarely harbor thyroid cancer, and thus are infrequently biopsied. Here, we present the case of a patient with a hyperfunctioning thyroid nodule harboring thyroid carcinoma and, using MEDLINE literature searches, set out to determine the prevalence of and characteristics of malignant "hot" nodules as a group. Historical, biochemical and...

OBJECTIVE To examine the presentation, diagnosis, and appropriate management of renal clear cell carcinoma metastasis to the thyroid gland. METHODS We describe a clinical case of solitary thyroid metastasis from renal clear cell carcinoma and present a comprehensive review of the related English-language literature. Common patterns of presentation and generalized overall management recommenda...