The incidence of thyroiditis lesions in nodular goiter.
On the basis of clinical and biological data, surgical investigation and histopathological aspects, a number of 35 localized froms of thyroiditis have been given a diagnosis in order to assess their incidence in case of both nodular goiter and chronical inflammatory processes at the thyroid gland level. Three possibilities are considered: the proper inflammatory lesions--granulomatous, lymphoplasmocitary and ligneous thyroiditis, the cystic formations circumscribed by the glandular tissue with inflammatory signs as well as the association of thyroid cancer with chronic thyroiditis--seldom reported in literature--upon which 2 observations have been made.
D006044:Goiter, Nodular / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000473:pathology; D013966:Thyroiditis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D013967:Thyroiditis, Autoimmune / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology