TY - JOUR
T1 - Primary echinococcal cyst
T2 - A rare cause of cold thyroid nodule on thyroid scan
AU - Khoury, Jabour J.
AU - Yerushalmi, Jacqueline
AU - Cohen, Hector Isaac
PY - 2001/4
Y1 - 2001/4
N2 - A 28-year-old man was examined because of a mass in the right side of his neck. A thyroid scan with Tc-99m pertechnetate showed an area of decreased activity in the right lower lobe that corresponded to the palpable nodule. Because the fine-needle aspiration did not provide satisfactory specimens, the patient underwent surgery. The nodule was firmly attached to the right lobe and both were excised. A histologic analysis revealed that the cystic mass was consistent with an echinococcal cyst. Thyroid involvement by hydatid cysts, especially as a primary site, is very uncommon.
AB - A 28-year-old man was examined because of a mass in the right side of his neck. A thyroid scan with Tc-99m pertechnetate showed an area of decreased activity in the right lower lobe that corresponded to the palpable nodule. Because the fine-needle aspiration did not provide satisfactory specimens, the patient underwent surgery. The nodule was firmly attached to the right lobe and both were excised. A histologic analysis revealed that the cystic mass was consistent with an echinococcal cyst. Thyroid involvement by hydatid cysts, especially as a primary site, is very uncommon.
KW - Cold Nodule
KW - Echinococcus
KW - Tc-99m Pertechnetate
KW - Thyroid Scintigraphy
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0035102276&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1097/00003072-200104000-00015
DO - 10.1097/00003072-200104000-00015
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C2 - 11290898
AN - SCOPUS:0035102276
SN - 0363-9762
VL - 26
SP - 345
EP - 346
JO - Clinical Nuclear Medicine
JF - Clinical Nuclear Medicine
IS - 4
ER -