Saturday, 7 July 2012

CASE 129: THYROID TUMORS, Dr PHAN THANH HẢI, MEDIC MEDICAL CENTER, HCMC, VIETNAM

Woman 54 yo, in a  routine check-up,  ultrasound on her neck  showed two nodules in the right lobe of  2cm and the left lobe of 1,7 cm during B mode and CDI examinations. The right nodule was hypervascular but the left nodule had many small calcifications without regional lymph node. FNAC was done.



FNAC RESULTS OF THYROID NODULES WERE COLLOIDAL CYST  ON RIGHT SIDE  AND  PAPILLARY CARCINOMA  ON THE LEFT SIDE.
THE RESULTS ARE CORRECT OR NOT IN CORRELATION WITH  ULTRASOUND IMAGES OR NOT.
MRI  THE NECK  WAS DONE  FOR  MAKE SURE THE CHARACTERIZATION OF THYROID NODULES  WITHOUT  LYMPH NODE.

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