Despite the fact that the thyroid is a highly vascularized organ, clinically significant metastatic spread to the thyroid is considered uncommon. Hypothyroidism due to these metastases seldom occurs. A 68-year-old female patient came to our department because of rapid enlargement of the lower anterior part of the neck, which developed within 2 months. She had a history of poorly differentiated ...

neoplasm in the thyroid gland and accounts for approximately 70% of all thyroid carcinomas (1). Metastatic cervical lymphadenopathy is a common finding in patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma, and its detection is crucial for planning the surgical management of these patients (2-4). Many investigators have noted the sonographic differentiation between normal and abnormal lymph nodes (5-7)....

Objective. To describe the usefulness of intraoperative frozen section in the diagnosis and treatment of thyroid nodules where fine needle aspirate biopsies have evidence of follicular neoplasm. Study Design. Retrospective case series. Methods. All patients have a fine needle aspirate biopsy, an intraoperative frozen section, and final pathology performed on a thyroid nodule after initiation of...

Thyroid cancer accounts for approximately 1% of all human cancers. Follicular carcinoma thyroid (FCT) is the second most common thyroid cancer after papillary carcinoma. Follicular carcinoma thyroid accounts for 10-15% of clinically evident thyroid malignancies. Follicular carcinoma thyroid commonly metastasize to lung and bone. Intracranial metastasis occurs in about only 1%. Follicular carcin...

Objectives/Hypothesis: To review the clinical and pathological picture of hyalinizing trabecular neoplasm of the thyroid [HTN] and compare HTN with papillary thyroid carcinoma [PTC] in order to discuss the appropriate management of this uncommon but potentially confusing neoplasm. Study Design: A case review of a patient with HTN treated at our institution. Methods: Case review and MEDLINE lite...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To determine trends in office visits and medical specialty seen for surgical diagnoses of the thyroid gland. STUDY DESIGN A cross-sectional analysis of a national healthcare database. METHODS From the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS), all cases of surgical thyroid disorders (e.g., benign neoplasm of thyroid gland, malignant neoplasm of thyroid gland, mul...

Aim: Thyroid scan with sestamibi is used for evaluation of thyroid nodules with the aim of increasing specificity before surgery. In this study we evaluated the role of Sestamibi thyroid scan in candidates for thyroid surgery. Methods and patients: During two years, 37 patients were studied with solitary thyroid nodules, referred for thyroid surgery due to malignant or suspicious FNAB res...

BACKGROUND The aim of this retrospective study was to assess the accuracy and usefulness of cytological classification of fine-needle aspirates in determining the appropriate surgical treatment for thyroid lesions studied with conventional smears (CS) and liquid-based cytology (LBC) in a split-sample method. PATIENTS AND METHODS A total of 353 patients were studied with both CS and LBC. The c...

We report the case of a 26-year-old woman with a 19 cm malignant hepatic neoplasm with morphological features that closely resembled a follicular thyroid carcinoma. Despite this, it was interpreted as a cholangiocarcinoma due to the absence of a primary thyroid tumor and the lack of thyroglobulin and TTF-1 immunoreactivity by the hepatic tumor. The left hepatic lobectomy specimen showed an enca...