Thyroid carcinoma associated with hot nodule diagnosed by ultrasonography.
A patient with thyroid carcinoma showing a hot nodule on radioiodine scintigraphy was examined by ultrasonography and was revealed to have occult carcinoma co-existing with adenomatous goiter. Ultrasonography should be performed to establish the diagnosis even if radioiodine scintigraphy reveals a hot nodule, as should fine-needle aspiration biopsy.
Komatsu
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Department of Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan.
Yokozawa
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T
Kobayashi
S
S
Sugenoya
A
A
Iida
F
F
D000328:Adult; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D016606:Thyroid Nodule / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014463:Ultrasonography