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Solitary Thyroid Nodule

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Solitary Thyroid Nodule: Excerpt from A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis

Thyroid Lesions


   Adenoma (benign)
       Atypical
       Embryonal (trabecular)
       Fetal
       Hamartomatous adiposity
       Hürthle cell
       Microfollicular
       Papillary cystadenoma
       Simple
       Signet ring adenomas
   Colloid nodule (macrofollicular adenoma)
   Ectopic normal or tumoral tissue within the thyroid
       Parathyroid
       Thymic
   Focal or asymmetric thyroiditis
       Acute (suppurative) thyroiditis
       Pneumocystis carinii   infection (in AIDS)
       Hashimoto's thyroiditis
       Riedel's struma
       Subacute (DeQuervain's, granulomatous) thyroiditis
   Malignancy
       Anaplastic carcinoma
       Carcinosarcoma
       Follicular carcinoma
       Lymphoma
       Malignant form of histiocytosis X
       Malignant hemangioendothelioma
       Mixed papillary-follicular carcinoma
       Medullary carcinoma
       Metastases to the thyroid
       Papillary carcinoma
       Paraganglioma
       Sarcoma, angiosarcoma, fibrosarcoma
       Squamous cell carcinoma
   Miscellaneous
       Agenesis of one lobe
       Asymmetric multinodular goiter
       Compensatory hyperplasia after hemithyroidectomy
       Focal granulomatous disease (e.g., sarcoidosis)
       Hematoma
   Simple cyst

Nonthyroid Lesions


   Carotid aneurysm
   Cystic hygroma
   Dermoid
   Fibrosis (including postradiation)
   Hemangioma
   Laryngocele/bronchocele
   Lipoma
   Lymph node
   Parathyroid adenoma
   Parathyroid cyst
   Teratoma
   Thyroglossal duct cyst

References


1. Wartofsky L, Ahmann AJ: The Thyroid Nodule, pp. 345–347. See Bibliography, 1.
2. Mazzaferri EL: Management of a Solitary Thyroid Nodule. N Engl J Med   328:553–559, 1993.

Book Source Details

  • Book Title: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis
  • Author(s): Stephen N. Adler, Dianne B. Gasbarra
  • Year of Publication: 1999
  • Copyright Details: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis, Copyright © 1999 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

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More About This Book:
Title: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis
Authors: Stephen N. Adler, Dianne B. Gasbarra
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Copyright: 1999
ISBN: 0-78171-943-7

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