A cavernous haemangioma of the thyroid gland.
Haemangioma of the thyroid gland is extremely rare. We report a case of a cavernous haemangioma of the neck that was located both inside and outside the thyroid gland of a 21-year-old man. Ultrasonography of the neck revealed numerous calcified nodules. Computed tomography (CT) showed a large calcified soft tissue mass in the right lobe of the thyroid. Based on the imaging findings a papillary thyroid carcinoma was suspected, but examination of the surgical specimen revealed a huge cavernous haemangioma containing numerous phleboliths.
Kano
Motohiro
M
Division of Diagnostic Pathology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Kameyama
Kaori
K
Hosoda
Yasuhiro
Y
Sugino
Kiminori
K
Ito
Koichi
K
D000328:Adult; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology