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Preoperative soft tissue axial CT scan of the neck (a) + enhancement (b): the left lobe of the thyroid gland shows a hypodense nodule with blurred margins (about 0.6 cm in diameter).
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Cervical soft tissue computed tomography (CT) showed low-density small nodules in the left lobe of the thyroid, and no obvious abnormalities in the nasopharynx, laryngopharynx, oropharynx, bilateral submandibular gland, and parotid gland (Figure 1).
(a-c) Pathological findings of postoperative left thyroid swelling. (d-f) Pathological findings of postoperative thyroid tumor tissue.
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The pathological and immunohistochemical results of the left thyroid and thyroid tumor showed ACC (Figure 2) as well as the following: 1.
Thyroid color ultrasound: no obvious abnormal echo was observed in the thyroid area.
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One month after radiotherapy, the results of thyroid ultrasound showed that there was no abnormality in the thyroid area (Figure 3).