Amyloid Accumulation in the Toxic Nodule of the Thyroid Gland in a Patient with End Stage Renal Failure | Zendy

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Amyloid Accumulation in the Toxic Nodule of the Thyroid Gland in a Patient with End Stage Renal Failure

Author(s) -

Umut Mousa,

Sema Aktaş,

Halit Üner

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

case reports in endocrinology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.26

H-Index - 6

eISSN - 2090-6501

pISSN - 2090-651X

DOI - 10.1155/2012/741754

Subject(s) - medicine , thyroid , amyloid (mycology) , pathology , parenchyma , amyloidosis , nodule (geology) , goiter , euthyroid , medullary carcinoma , thyroid carcinoma , endocrinology , biology , paleontology

Amyloidosis is characterized by accumulation of amorphous, proteinaceous material in various organs and tissues of the body. Amyloid may accumulate in the thyroid gland in cases of medullary thyroid carcinoma and systemic amyloidosis. Amyloid accumulates extracellularly in the thyroid parenchyma and disrupts the normal follicular patterns. Most of the cases reported up to now were clinically euthyroid, but many presentation forms and overlaps have been reported. Herein we present a patient with toxic nodular goiter with amyloid deposition in the toxic nodule as well as the remaining thyroid tissue.

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