Thyroid isthmus agenesis associated with solitary nodule: A case report
Tóm tắt
Agenesis of the isthmus associated with nontoxic solitary nodular goiter is a rare congenital anomaly. Imaging data exceptionally has been previously reported in the English language literature. Preoperative assessment of a 22-year-old white man patient showed an asymptomatic nodule of the thyroid at the left lobe, measuring 2.3 × 1.5 cm in diameter without regional lymphadenopathy. At surgical exploration it was seen an absence of the thyroid isthmus. Thyroid isthmus agenesis does not cause clinical symptoms by itself and most of the times the diagnosis is incidental due to the existence of other thyroid pathology.
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