a 63-year-old woman presented with a history of hyperthyroidism symptoms over two years, referred for thyroid scintigraphy. in the hospital archives we have met her previous thyroid scintigraphy showing a hot nodule in the upper part of right thyroid lobe. however, her recent thyroid scintigraphy was showing only cold nodules but no hot nodule, giving an impression that she had some treatment t...

The solitary pulmonary nodule is a challenging clinical problem. Steele (1964) reviewed 887 resected solitary nodules and found 53% granulomas, 36% malignant tumours, and 8% haematomas. This is by no means a complete list of all the causes of solitary pulmonary nodules but encompasses the vast majority of them. We have recently evaluated a patient with a nodule that had slowly enlarged over a p...

INTRODUCTION Thyroid nodules (TNs) are a common pathology. Their prevalence increases with age. Some of them are suspected of malignancy and qualified for surgery. Sometimes their malignant nature is detected incidentally after a surgical procedure. The aim of the study is to analyze clinical and histopathological characteristics of patients with incidental and nonincidental thyroid carcinoma (...

Levothyroxine suppressive treatment of solitary thyroid nodules is controversial. A 1-yr prospective randomized placebo-controlled trial was conducted to evaluate the effect of T4 on nodule volume and bone mineral density, and meta-analyses were performed to examine the quantitative synthesis of data from similar designed controlled trials. Forty-five euthyroid patients (42 females, age range: ...

We recently encountered two very similar patients with atypical de Quervain’s (also known as giant cell, granulomatous, or subacute) thyroiditis presenting as solitary painless thyroid nodules suspicious for papillary thyroid cancer. Patient 1 was an otherwise healthy 34-year-old female who presented with a painless right thyroid nodule. Initial thyroid functional test results were normal. Thyr...

Introduction: Solitary fibrous tumor is a rare, mesenchymal neoplasm that has been reported in numerous sites. Occurrence in the parotid gland is exceedingly rare.   Case Report: A 53-year-old man with a 2 cm solitary fibrous tumor of the left parotid gland, that was observed clinically and operatively and thought to be a neoplasm arising from Stensen's duct, is described. A pre-operative CT sc...

INTRODUCTION Adenoid cystic carcinoma is a malignant neoplasm most commonly originating in the salivary glands. Its occurrence elsewhere is rare and its metastasis to the thyroid gland has been described only once. CASE REPORT We describe the case of a 66-year-old man who presented for a swelling in the midline neck of six months duration. A solitary palpable nodule was identified in the isth...