BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Incidental thyroid nodules are commonly seen on imaging, and their work-up can ultimately lead to surgery. We describe characteristics and pathology results of imaging-detected incidental thyroid nodules that underwent surgery. MATERIALS AND METHODS A retrospective review was performed of 303 patients who underwent thyroid surgery over a 1-year period to identify patien...

Ultrasonography (US)-based elastography has been introduced as a noninvasive technique for evaluating thyroid nodules that encompasses a variety of approaches such as supersonic shear imaging and acoustic radiation force impulse imaging as well as real-time tissue elastography. However, the diagnostic performances for differentiating malignant thyroid nodules from benign ones with elastography ...

The evaluation and management of thyroid nodules remains an area of controversy. The past decade has witnessed two important advances. The increased availability and acceptance of fine-needle aspiration biopsy of thyroid nodules has dramatically altered the clinician's approach to this disease, and provides for the single most precise method for selecting appropriate patients for surgery. The i...

Introduction The clinical detection of thyroid nodules is increasing in our population, especially due to greater awareness and the use of imaging modalities in the neck. Thyroid nodules are clinically present in 5% of the population, and this prevalence increases considerably with the use of neck ultrasound.1 The incidence of malignancy in clinically apparent thyroid nodules varies from 5–20%,...

Pleomorphic adenoma directly arising in the neck is thought to originate from heterotopic salivary gland tissue. In this article, we present the case of a 55-year-old female patient with a histologically proven pleomorphic adenoma located at the left mandibular angle, anteriorly to the sternocleidomastoid muscle and posteroinferiorly to the submandibular gland. As the patient also had an ipsila...

Objective. This was a comparative study between FNAC and thyroid scan used to diagnose the solitary thyroid nodule and histopathology was used as gold standard to compare the results of both modalities. We hypothesized that Fine needle aspiration cytology and thyroid scan diagnose solitary thyroid nodule (STN) as accurately as histopathology. Materials and Methods. This study comprised of 50 pa...

Isolated involvement of the thyroid by tuberculosis is very rare as reported in literature. We are presenting a case of isolated tuberculous thyroiditis presented as a solitary thyroid nodule. The patient was treated with anti-tuberculous regimen and he responded well with disappearance of the nodule and normalization of the thyroid scan.