Hürthle cell carcinoma in an autonomous thyroid nodule in an adolescent.
A 16-year-old girl presented with a palpable thyroid nodule which was found to be functioning autonomously by radioiodine (123I) scintigraphy. After needle biopsy proved non-diagnostic, surgical excision showed the nodule to be Hürthle cell carcinoma. Functional thyroid nodules are rarely malignant, thyroid carcinoma is rare in childhood, and Hürthle cell carcinoma is a rare thyroid neoplasm, so the presence of these three rare conditions in one patient makes it a very unusual case.
Department of Radiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis 46202-5200, USA.
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D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D016606:Thyroid Nodule / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes