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Thyroid ultrasound imaging revealing a left lobe 4 cm nodule, predominantly cystic.
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Ultrasound imaging revealed an asymmetrical thyroid with a 4 cm nodule, predominantly cystic, in the left lobe (Fig. 1). 99mTC thyroid scintigraphy showed a left lobe hyperfunctioning nodule (uptake 4,2%) with necrotic and haemorrhagic central area and a suppression of the remainder parenchyma (Fig. 2).
99mTC Thyroid scintigraphy image showing a left hyperfunctioning nodule and a suppression of the remainder parenchyma.
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Ultrasound imaging revealed an asymmetrical thyroid with a 4 cm nodule, predominantly cystic, in the left lobe (Fig. 1). 99mTC thyroid scintigraphy showed a left lobe hyperfunctioning nodule (uptake 4,2%) with necrotic and haemorrhagic central area and a suppression of the remainder parenchyma (Fig. 2).
Histological image showing a malignant neoplasm of follicular pattern with cytological features of papillary carcinoma and cystic degeneration.
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There was neither multicentricity nor vascular invasion (Fig. 3).
Post-radioiodine ablation scintigraphy showing one foci of 131I uptake in the thyroid bed.
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The post-treatment scintigraphy showed one cervical uptake foci in the thyroid bed (Fig. 4).