TY - JOUR
TI - Primary Cavernous Hemangioma of the Thyroid Gland
AU - Michalopoulos, Nikolaos V.
AU - Markogiannakis, Haridimos
AU - Kekis,
AU - Panagiotis B.
AU - Papadima, Artemisia
AU - Lagoudianakis, Emmanuel and
AU - Manouras, Andreas
JO - Southern Medical Journal
PY - 2010
VL - 103
TODO - 7
SP - 674-675
PB - Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
SN - 0038-4348, 1541-8243
TODO - 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3181e1d981
TODO - arteriovenous malformation; cavernous hemangioma; FNA; thyroid gland;
thyroid nodule
TODO - A 78-year-old euthyroid patient presented for evaluation of a
symptomatic, slowly growing neck mass. Ultrasound scan revealed a
multinodular goiter and a hypoechoic nodule of the right thyroid lobe.
Total thyroidectomy was performed and the lesion was completely excised.
Definite diagnosis was obtained after histological examination of the
surgical specimen. Cavernous hemangiomas of the thyroid gland are
infrequent lesions which may escape diagnosis preoperatively. An effort
should be made not to rupture these lesions in order to ensure a
bloodless procedure.
ER -