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Radiologic and Pathologic Findings of a Follicular Variant of Papillary Thyroid Cancer with Extensive Stromal Fat: A Case Report.
Korean journal of radiology - 1 Jan 2000
Choi Jin Woo, Kim Tae Hyung, Roh Hong Gee, Moon Won-Jin, Lee Sang Hwa, Hwang Tae Sook, Park Kyoung Sik
Abstract excerpt
Thyroid cancer may have small adipose structures detected by microscopy. However, there are no reports of thyroid cancer with gross fat evaluated by radiological methods. We reported a case of a 58-year-old woman with a fat containing thyroid mass. The mass was hyperechoic and ovoid in shape with a smooth margin on ultrasonography. On computed tomography, the mass had markedly low attenuation suggestive of fat,...
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