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http://dx.doi.org/10.3348/kjr.2015.16.6.1349

Radiologic and Pathologic Findings of a Follicular Variant of Papillary Thyroid Cancer with Extensive Stromal Fat: A Case Report  

Choi, Jin Woo (Department of Radiology, Konkuk University Medical Center, Konkuk University School of Medicine)
Kim, Tae Hyung (Department of Radiology, Konkuk University Medical Center, Konkuk University School of Medicine)
Roh, Hong Gee (Department of Radiology, Konkuk University Medical Center, Konkuk University School of Medicine)
Moon, Won-Jin (Department of Radiology, Konkuk University Medical Center, Konkuk University School of Medicine)
Lee, Sang Hwa (Department of Pathology, Konkuk University Medical Center, Konkuk University School of Medicine)
Hwang, Tae Sook (Department of Pathology, Konkuk University Medical Center, Konkuk University School of Medicine)
Park, Kyoung Sik (Department of Surgery, Konkuk University Medical Center, Konkuk University School of Medicine)
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Korean Journal of Radiology / v.16, no.6, 2015 , pp. 1349-1352 More about this Journal
Abstract
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, and fine reticular and thick septa-like structures. The patient underwent a right lobectomy. The mass was finally diagnosed as a follicular variant of papillary thyroid cancer with massive stromal fat.
Keywords
Papillary thyroid cancer; Follicular variant; Fat; Ultrasound; Computed tomography; RAS;
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