INTRODUCTION The presence of benign thyroid tissue that is located on the side of the neck is extremely rare and not related to the development of the thyroid, and it is difficult to differentiate it from thyroid carcinoma metastasis.The parasitic thyroid nodule occurs when thyroid tissue located in the lateral neck has no relationship or association with the lymph nodes, and may be defined as ...

OBJECTIVE Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a cluster of metabolic abnormalities with insulin resistance (IR) as a major component. It has been recently questioned whether MetS and its related components are associated with functional and morphological alterations of the thyroid gland. The aim of our study is to examine thyroid volume and nodule prevalence in a case-control study of patients with Me...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of percutaneous ethanol injection (PEI) in the treatment of benign thyroid nodules. SUBJECTS AND METHODS We evaluated 120 patients with benign thyroid nodules. Patients underwent evaluation of serum TSH and free T4, cervical ultrasound, and thyroid scintigraphy (in those with suppressed TSH levels). The application ...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of metformin on thyroid volume and nodule size. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Prospective data were gathered on 100 newly diagnosed subjects with insulin resistance (68 female, 32 male) between August 2008 and May 2010. Each subject followed a standard diet and exercise program, and received 1,700 mg/day of metformin therapy for 6 months. ...

introduction: this study was conducted at the department of ear, nose, throat, head and neck surgery, post graduate medical institute lady reading hospital peshawar. the duration of the study was one year from june 17, 2009 to june 16, 2010. the sample size was 82 patients with solitary thyroid nodule, fulfilling the inclusion criteria. after taking detailed history, thorough examination, relev...

Thyroid nodules occur in 4-15% of the adult population and can be found in up to 90% of women over the age of 60 years1. However the incidence of malignancy is only 50 per million population2. The major challenge faced by a clinician is to determine whether a thyroid nodule is benign or malignant. Although certain aspects of the history and physical examination may suggest malignancy, in most c...

Thyroid cancer is not a common primary cancer causing intracranial metastasis. Here we report a 74-year-old woman with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) demonstrating a 4 cm round, heterogeneously enhancing mass in the trigone of the right lateral ventricle. Systemic screening by computed tomography (CT) examination detected a 20 mm nodule with calcification in the thyroid, multiple well circums...

This study evaluated the diagnostic performance of ultrasound elastography (USE) using carotid arterial pulsation and determined the reproducibility of USE for thyroid nodules. A total of 148 patients with 173 thyroid nodules participated. The mean elasticity contrast index (ECI) was significantly higher in malignant nodules (3.1 ± 1.5) than in benign nodules (1.7 ± 0.8) (p < 0.001). When a cut...

Pulmonary metastases from thyroid carcinoma typically cause a micronodular or miliary pattern throughout both lungs. Metastasis consisting of a solitary pulmonary nodule measuring 20 mm in diameter is rare. Here we report a case of a 66-year-old woman without a history of papillary thyroid carcinoma who presented with a pulmonary nodule measuring 20 mm in diameter, found on chest computed tomog...

This review describes the frequency of solitary thyroid nodules and their relationship to thyroid cancer. The importance of selecting patients appropriately for surgical excision is stressed. The factors predisposing to nodule formation and to a nodule being malignant are reviewed with emphasis that prior radiation exposure does not appear to increase the likelihood that a given nodule harbors ...