title: Hashimoto thyroiditis: A "true" adenoma visualized as a hot nodule in the presence of overt hypothyroidism.
abstract: A 63 years old woman with Hashimoto's thyroiditis, on thyroxin treatment presented imaging studies concordant with a multinodular goiter, a "hot" nodule in the left lobe and partial  suppression of the right lobe. After thyroxin withdrawal overt hypothyroidism developed, yet the patient's imaging studies were not altered. This is a case of hypothyroidism in a patient with Hashimoto's thyroiditis, multinodular goiter and a concomitant "hot nodule", showed on scintigraphy, as a functioning adenoma in a non functioning thyroid. This finding is quite rare as no specific percentages are mentioned in the literature. To our knowledge this is the first such case described in Greece.
authors.affiliation: Private Medical Office N. Heraklion,02 Filliron Str, 14122 N. Heraklion, Athens, Greece. aloumanisk@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Kyriakos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Aloumanis
authors.forename: Antonis
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Daramaras
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ioannidou
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma; D006115:Greece; D050031:Hashimoto Disease; D006801:Humans; D007037:Hypothyroidism