[Hashimoto's thyroiditis presenting as a "hot nodule"].
Hashimoto thyroiditis is clinically the most variable thyroid disease. We describe a case presenting as "hot nodule". This unusual scintigraphic appearance and its possible explanation are discussed.
Giammarco
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I Divisione Medica, Ospedale S. Spirito, Roma.
Mariani
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Romeo
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D000236:Adenoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000002:abnormalities; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D016606:Thyroid Nodule / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D013967:Thyroiditis, Autoimmune / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D013974:Thyroxine / Q000097:blood / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014284:Triiodothyronine / Q000097:blood
D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D014284:Triiodothyronine; D013974:Thyroxine
Tiroidite di Hashimoto presentatasi come "nodulo caldo".