Multinodular goiter

Case contributed by Varun Babu , 4 Jul 2012
Diagnosis certain
Changed by Varun Babu, 2 Oct 2015

Updates to Case Attributes

Race changed from Indian/Pakistani to .
Presentation was changed:
70 year old lady with long standing goitre of 50 years now presenting with difficulty in breathing
Diagnostic Certainty was set to .

References changed:

  • 1. Weber, Alfred L., Gregory Randolph, and Fatma Gul Aksoy. "The thyroid and parathyroid glands: CT and MR imaging and correlation with pathology and clinical findings." Radiologic Clinics of North America 38, no. 5 (2000): 1105-1129. <a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0033838905702244">Pubmed citation</a><span class="auto"></span>

Tags changed:

  • multinodular goiter

Updates to Study Attributes

Caption was added:
Radiograph
Findings was added:

Large neck mass lesion cuffing the upper airway and extending to overlie the apices of both lungs. Areas of foca hyperdensities seen within suggestive of calcification within. 

Images Changes:

Image X-ray (Frontal) ( update )

Perspective was set to Frontal.
Single Or Stack Root was set to .

Image X-ray (Lateral) ( update )

Perspective was set to Lateral.
Single Or Stack Root was set to .

Updates to Study Attributes

Caption was added:
Contrast enhanced neck CT
Findings was added:

Massive symmetric nodular enlargement of both lobes of thyroid extending from skull base caudally till the manubrium causing significant airway compression. 

Images Changes:

Image CT (C+ portal venous phase) ( update )

Specifics changed from C+ arterial phase to C+ portal venous phase.
Perspective was set to Axial.

Image CT (C+ portal venous phase) ( update )

Perspective was set to Coronal.
Specifics changed from C+ arterial phase to C+ portal venous phase.

Image CT (C+ portal venous phase) ( update )

Perspective was set to Sagittal.
Specifics changed from C+ arterial phase to C+ portal venous phase.

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