66-year-old female with history of proven papillary thyroid cancer. RIGHT LOBE MEASUREMENTS: 3.6 x 1.7 x 1.3 cmLEFT LOBE MEASUREMENTS: 3.1 x 1.1 x 1.0 cmISTHMUS MEASUREMENTS: 0.4 cmRIGHT LOBE: No significant abnormality noted.LEFT LOBE: Solid mass near the isthmus measures 1.7 x 1.3 x 0.9 cm, consistent with the patient's known malignancy, with likely microcalcifications.ISTHMUS: No significant abnormality noted.PARATHYROID GLANDS: No significant abnormality noted.LYMPH NODES: Scattered cervical lymph nodes without suspicious morphologic features.OTHER: Incidental note of heavy calcification and stenosis of the bilateral carotid arteries, partially imaged.
1. Solid lesion in the left lobe consistent with the patient's known malignancy.2. Incidental note of heavy atherosclerotic calcification and narrowing of the carotid arteries bilaterally. A dedicated duplex ultrasound examination of the carotid arteries is recommended if one has not previously been performed.