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Established Facts Thyroid incidentalomas, i.e., “nonpalpable” thyroid nodules, in children and adolescents are common, and both benign and malignant lesions may be found [ 1 ]. Thymic inclusions and ectopic intrathyroidal thymus with
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immune response against thyroid autoantigens, with the contribution of genetic and environmental factors [ 1 - 3 ]. Thyroid nodules (TN) are very frequently observed, but only a small part of them are malignant tumors, mostly (85%) papillary thyroid
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/l). The patient’s sedimentation rate was 15 mm in the first hour. The patient was then referred to the outpatient clinic for a multinodular goiter and thyroiditis. A neck ultrasound (USG) displayed multiple iso-hypoechoic thyroid nodules, with the largest
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nodes and the retrospective identification of suspicious ultrasound features and the prognostic importance of size stability vs growth for small thyroid bed nodules ( 2 , 3 ). The retrospective review of neck ultrasounds for 90 intermediate recurrence
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with a nodular thyroid, the measurement of basal serum CT levels has been proposed as a systematic screening method for MTC [ 2 , 3 ]. The routine measurement of CT in patients with thyroid nodules can be useful in the early diagnosis of MTC and C
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on March 11, 2011) [ 3 , 4 ]. The participation rate was 81.7% (300,476 of 367,672 children), and 116 patients (39 males and 77 females) were identified as having malignant or suspected malignant thyroid nodules (by ultrasound examination and fine
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observations of ID were accompanied by observations of a higher prevalence of enlarged thyroid or goiter ( 7 ), thyroid nodules, and subsequent hyperthyroidism ( 10 , 11 ), especially in elderly women and in the most iodine-deficient areas ( 11 ). Further
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mutations lead to hot thyroid nodules (HTN). Somatic point mutations that constitutively activate the TSHR were first identified in HTN ( 1 ). Subsequently, TSHR germline mutations were identified ( 2 ). Somatic and germline TSHR mutations show similar gene
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Introduction Nodule development is a commonly seen entity in the thyroid gland, and 4–7% of the adult population has a palpable thyroid nodule [ 1 ]. With imaging modalities, especially the widespread use of ultrasound
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nodule in the thyroid gland was disclosed. The US identified a solid isocogenic nodule of 17 × 18 × 8 mm, EU-TIRADS 3 [ 9 ], and the US-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy diagnosis was suspicious for malignancy (Bethesda V [ 10 ]). She was then