[Thyroid nodule secondary to subacute thyroiditis. 8 cases (author's transl)].
This description of 8 cases of thyroid nodules secondary to subacute thyroiditis serves to emphasise the relative prevalence of the circumscribed forms. These nodules, variable in size, firm and painful, developed after a period of cervical discomfort and pain. A contrast between a raised or normal blood hormone level and a very low uptake of I131 was found in five cases. It was all the more valuable when there was no iodine overload. Scintigraphy showed the nodule to be cold in 6 cases, isofixing in one and hot in one case. An essential diagnostic criterion is the rapidly favourable course: 4 nodules disappeared completely, 3 regressed in less than 6 months and one persisted, justifying excision with histopathological examination since localised thyroiditis of this type may be the presenting feature of a carcinoma.
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006044:Goiter, Nodular / Q000097:blood / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013966:Thyroiditis / Q000150:complications*; D013974:Thyroxine / Q000097:blood; D014284:Triiodothyronine / Q000097:blood
D014284:Triiodothyronine; D013974:Thyroxine
Nodule thyroïdien secondaire à une thyroïdite subaiguë. 8 observations.