Kung Wai Kit, Chu Ka Man, Fung Kin Fen Kevin, Cheung Tin Yan Elaine
Department of Radiology and Imaging, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Department of Radiology, Hong Kong Children's Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Radiol Case Rep. 2024 Apr 17;19(7):2710-2713. doi: 10.1016/j.radcr.2024.03.055. eCollection 2024 Jul.
This case report illustrates the presence of intranodal thyroid tissues in ipsilateral cervical lymph nodes after hemithyroidectomy for multinodular goiter in an adolescent patient. It highlights the rare radiological finding of thyroid tissues within cervical lymph nodes detected by ultrasonography and computed tomography, which is a great mimicker of nodal metastasis.
本病例报告展示了一名青少年患者因多结节性甲状腺肿行甲状腺半切除术后,同侧颈部淋巴结内存在结内甲状腺组织。它突出了超声和计算机断层扫描检测到的颈部淋巴结内甲状腺组织这一罕见的影像学表现,而这极易被误诊为淋巴结转移。