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Rev Med Liege
January 2025
Service de Radiodiagnostic, CHU Liège, Belgique.
In the event of a prevascular mediastinal mass, knowledge of the anatomy and content of the mediastinum is an essential prerequisite to establish a differential diagnosis. The «4T» rule is applicable because it is a simple and effective mnemonic. It groups together; thyroid goiter, terrible lymphoma, teratoma and thymoma.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Med Ultrasound
January 2024
Department of Surgery, Queen Elizabeth II Hospital, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.
Thyroid hemiagenesis (THA) is a rare congenital abnormality in which one of the thyroid lobes fails to develop normally. The prevalence rates range from 0.02% to 0.
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December 2024
Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Münster and University Hospital Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany.
Thyroid nodules are common yet remain a diagnostic challenge. While ultrasound and Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data Systems (TIRADS) are accepted as standard, the use of thyroid scintigraphy in euthyroid patients is debated. The European Association of Nuclear Medicine advocates it, whereas the American Thyroid Association and European Thyroid Association do not.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFront Endocrinol (Lausanne)
January 2025
Center of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Department of General Surgery, The Third People's Hospital of Chengdu, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Objective: This study aimed to assess the degree of effect of central lymph node dissection on postoperative hypoparathyroidism incidence.
Methods: The incidence of postoperative hypoparathyroidism was compared between patients receiving thyroidectomy with central neck dissection for papillary thyroid carcinoma and those undergoing thyroidectomy for benign thyroid diseases (thyroid follicular adenoma and/or nodular goiter) necessitating surgical intervention.
Results: The incidence of postoperative hypoparathyroidism was not significantly different between the groups of lobe thyroidectomy for benign thyroid diseases and lobe thyroidectomy with ipsilateral central lymph node dissection for papillary thyroid carcinoma (immediate: 9.
BMC Endocr Disord
January 2025
Department of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, The First People's Hospital of Changzhou, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, No. 185, Juqian Street, Changzhou, 213000, Jiangsu, China.
Background: Microwave ablation is a new, minimally invasive technique for the treatment of thyroid nodules. Hyperthyroidism due to destructive thyroiditis is a known risk of microwave ablation, though it occurs in only a minority of cases. We report a rare case of a patient diagnosed with Graves' disease nearly six months after undergoing microwave ablation of a thyroid nodule.
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