title: A case of primary hydatidosis of the thyroid gland.
abstract: A 54-year-old woman presented with an expansive mass in the anterior cervical region (front of the neck) with abscess. Laboratory tests and thyroid profile proved normal. Surgical exploration revealed a hydatid cyst in the left lobe of the thyroid gland with parasitic metastasis of the left lateral cervical lymph node chain. Postoperative examination of the nodule showed it to be a solitary primary thyroid hydatid cyst.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, University of Sassari, Italy.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Cossu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Palermo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Coppola
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fais
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ruggiu
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tanda
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cossu Rocca
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Noya
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013959:Thyroid Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*