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99mTc scan: hot thyroid nodule in the right thyroid lobe with suppressed extranodular thyroid tissues (a). Surgical specimen from right lobectomy and isthmectomy (b).
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A 99mTc-perthechnetate scan demonstrated a large hot area with inhomogeneous uptake and no cold areas inside corresponding to the nodule, with a suppressed uptake in the remaining thyroid tissue (Figure 1(a)). Right loboisthmectomy was performed (Figure 1(b)) and the histological examination revealed a follicular carcinoma with solid and trabecular parts and focal signs of angioinvasivity (Figures 2(a), (b)).
Hematoxylin/eosin histological stains: follicular carcinoma with solid (a) and solid-trabecular (b) features.
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Right loboisthmectomy was performed (Figure 1(b)) and the histological examination revealed a follicular carcinoma with solid and trabecular parts and focal signs of angioinvasivity (Figures 2(a), (b)).