Open AccessAn intrathyroidal nodule consisting of papillary thyroid cancer and ectopic hyperechoic parathyroid adenoma: a case report
Author(s) -
Serkan Güneyli,
Adnan Kabaalioğlu,
Emre Altınmakas,
Barbaros Çil,
Orhun Çığ Taşkın,
Seçil Özışık,
Vugar Samadli,
Hakan Doğan,
Orhan Ağcaoğlu
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
medical ultrasonography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.473
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2066-8643
pISSN - 1844-4172
DOI - 10.11152/mu-3019
Subject(s) - medicine , vascularity , nodule (geology) , papillary thyroid cancer , radiology , thyroid nodules , thyroid , parathyroid adenoma , biopsy , thyroidectomy , pathology , ultrasound , thyroid cancer , adenoma , paleontology , biology
A 53-year-old woman with fatigue lasting for 6 weeks and increased parathormone level underwent a neck ultrasound. It revealed a large, lobulated, solid intrathyroidal nodule consisting of hypoechoic component with microcalcifications and hy-perechoic component with vascularity on Doppler mode. There were also subcentimetric intrathyroidal hypo- and hyperechoic nodules. Upon the diagnosis of papillary thyroid cancer on fine-needle aspiration biopsy, a total thyroidectomy procedure was performed. In the histopathologic evaluation, the hypoechoic component was diagnosed as papillary thyroid cancer, while the hyperechoic component was diagnosed as ectopic parathyroid adenoma. Subcentimetric nodules were demonstrated as multi-foci of papillary thyroid cancer.