Open AccessA Case Report on Multiple Stones in the Thyroid Gland in Association with Sclerosing Thyroiditis: An Unusual Encounter
Author(s) -
Gaurav Shandilya,
Ravish Kumar Sinha,
Nishith M. Paul Ekka,
Vinod Kumar
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2017/20230.9155
Subject(s) - medicine , thyroid , multinodular goiter , calcification , thyroiditis , parenchyma , goiter , pathology , papillary carcinoma , gallbladder , radiology , thyroid carcinoma , surgery
Stones are very frequently found in the gallbladder and urinary tract. Rarely the thyroid gland can be a site for stone formation. Few cases of calcification in thyroid gland have been described in the medical literature in association with papillary carcinoma and multinodular goiter. A unique case of a thyroid swelling studded with multiple stones in its parenchyma, in the histopathological background of sclerosing thyroiditis in an 80-year-old male is documented here. Surgical excision was undertaken with an uneventful postoperative period.