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A 4-year-old child with intrathyroidal thymic tissue.. A, B. Transverse (A) and longitudinal (B) scans of gray-scale sonography show an ill-defined nodule (white arrow) with multiple hyperechoic foci in the mid-portion of the right thyroid. C. Color Doppler sonography shows no flow within the nodule. D. A cytological smear slide shows Hassall's corpuscles (black arrow) with a background of small lymphocytes (H&E, x400).
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The US findings of the thyroid nodule were an ill-defined margin and multiple hyperechoic foci similar to microcalcifications (Fig. 1A, B). Color Doppler sonography showed scanty blood flow within the nodule (Fig. 1C). A cytological investigation revealed Hassall's corpuscles with a background of small lymphocytes (Fig. 1D) and confirmed the diagnosis of ectopic thymic tissue within the thyroid gland.