Thyroid imaging in lymphocytic throiditis.
The thyroid radionuclide images of 51 adult patients with a histological diagnosis of either Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) or chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis (CLT) were reviewed. The findings were variable but similar in the two groups, the most common being a multinodular pattern and the presence of hypofunctional nodules. Thyroid carcinoma was found in 2 of 41 patients with CLT and in 4 of 10 with HT. In a patient with clinical or laboratory evidence of HT and the radionuclide image finding of a cold nodule, thyroid carcinoma should be excluded by surgical biopsy.
D000328:Adult; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013667:Technetium; D013961:Thyroid Gland; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D013967:Thyroiditis, Autoimmune / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology
D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D013667:Technetium