Radiologic and cytologic findings in a case of thyrolipoma
Articles > Article · 2002
Authors: gulgun DEMİRPOLAT, bunyamin GUNEY, Recep SAVAŞ, G Tuncay, HÜSEYİN HÜDAVER ALPER, RİFAT NURİ ŞENER
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF NEURORADIOLOGY, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, 2002, vol 23, pp 1640-1641
Summary
Thyrolipomas are rare capsulated mass lesions containing fat and thyroid tissue. We herein report the case of a 60-year-old man who had goitre for 10 years, with rapid enlargement of the gland during the last several months before presentation. Sonography, scintigraphy, CT, MR imaging, and sonography-guided fine needle aspiration were performed. Sonography and scintigraphy revealed an unusual mass of the thyroid. The diagnosis of thyrolipoma was based on CT and MR imaging findings and fine needle aspiration cytology.