Journal of Clinical Case Reports

Yavor Assyov

Publications

• Case Report
  Hyperechoic Rim in a Follicular Variant of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma - A Rare Ultrasonographic Feature
  Author(s): Yavor Assyov, Antoaneta Gateva, Radina Ivanova and Zdravko KamenovYavor Assyov, Antoaneta Gateva, Radina Ivanova and Zdravko Kamenov
  
  We present a case of a follicular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) with an uncommon sonographic feature– hyperechoic rim. A 24-year old female was referred to our department for an incidentally discovered nodule in the left lobe of the thyroid gland with an accompanying neck lymphadenomegaly. Ultrasound revealed a 1-cm hypoechoic nodule with a hyperechoic periphery with peripheral vascularity. The cytological finding was suspicious for PTC. Histology confirmed the suspected diagnosis. Hyperechoic rim is an uncommon ultrasound feature of thyroid nodules. A potential association with follicular variant of PTC needs to be explored. .. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2165-7920.10001044

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