WOMAN 41 YO, 5 YEARS AGO DETECTED SWOLLEN RIGHT SITE OF THE NECK.
ULTRASOUND DETECTED A RIGHT LOBE OF THYROID, SOLID, WELL- BORDERED, WITH SIZE OF 3 - 4 CM IN DIAMETER WHILE THE LEFT LOBE WAS ATROPHY. ON COLOR DOPPLER IT WAS NOT A HYPERVASCULAR NODULE.
ELASTOSCAN WAS SOFT TUMOR.
NO CERVICAL LYMPH NODE DETECTABLE
BLOOD TESTS WERE NORMAL VALUE OF TSH , T3, AND T4.
WHAT IS YOUR SUGGESTION, FNAC OR NOT FOR THIS CASE.
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Ultrasound guided for FNAC this mass and the result was colloidal goiter.
DISCUSSION:
B-mode ultrasound of thyroid is not full examination of the thyroid, only about the thyroid anatomy .Color Doppler explaines the vasculature, and ELASTOSCAN can guide for FNAC with high accuracy.
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