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| Lymphocytic Thyroiditis Presenting as Diffuse
Microcalcifications on Ultrasound: A Case Report |
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| Ga Ram Kim, MD1 Ji Hye Park, MD2, Eun-Kyung Kim, MD, PhD1,
Jin Young Kwak, MD, PhD1, Hee Jung Moon, MD, PhD1 |
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| 1Department of Radiology, Research Institute of Radiological Science, Yonsei University
College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
2Department of Pathology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea |
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| The presence of microcalcifications is one of the representative features suggesting
papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). Thyroid malignancy appearing solely as diffuse
microcalcifications on ultrasound (US) is rare. Here, we report on a 52-year-old male
patient with lymphocytic thyroiditis presenting as diffuse microcalcifications on US.
This case report describes a patient who showed benign cytology twice on US-guided
FNAB, and was finally found to have lymphocytic thyroiditis on core-needle biopsy.
Lymphocytic thyroiditis, as well as PTC, can manifest solely as microcalcifications on
US, and performance of two US-guided FNABs may be acceptable for lesions showing
only microcalcifications on thyroid US. |
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| Keyword : Ultrasonography; Microcalcifications; Fine needle aspiration biopsy; Lymphocytic thyroiditis |
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pdf파일 : 71-74김가람04.pdf 
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Journal of Korean Society of Ultrasound in Medicine 2013 ; 32 (1) : p.71-74
