A cavernous hemangioma of the thyroid gland: First documentation by ultrasound of a rare pathology.
Summary of "A cavernous hemangioma of the thyroid gland: First documentation by ultrasound of a rare pathology."
Hemangioma of the thyroid gland is an extremely rare condition. We report a case of a primary cavernous hemangioma in the left lobe of the thyroid gland in an 84-year-old woman. Ultrasound examination of the lesion showed an inhomogeneous and hypoechoic nodule that was well demarcated from the rest of the left lobe and hypovascular on color Doppler ultrasound. Ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration was performed. The cytologic differential diagnosis included an anaplastic carcinoma of the thyroid gland. After hemithyroidectomy, the final diagnosis was a benign hemangioma of the thyroid gland. (c) 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound, 2010.
Affiliation
Department of Radiology, Cantonal Hospital Winterthur, Brauerstrasse 15, 8401, Winterthur, Switzerland.
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Name: Journal of clinical ultrasound : JCU
ISSN: 1097-0096
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- PubMed Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20806277
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcu.20738
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