Quiste hidatídico tiroideo sintomático: Caso clínico

• Juan Antonio Pérez P ^[1] ; Orlando Felmer E ^[1] ; Cristian Carrasco E ^[1] ; Mauricio Gabrielli N ^[1] ; Carmen Torrijos C ^[1] ; Juan Antonio Bastías N ^[2]
  1. [1] Universidad Austral de Chile

     Universidad Austral de Chile

     Valdivia, Chile

     
  2. [2] Hospital Clínico Regional de Valdivia Escuela de Medicina
• Localización: Revista Médica de Chile, ISSN-e 0034-9887, Vol. 136, Nº. 7, 2008, págs. 896-899
• Idioma: español
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Thyroid hydatid cyst: Report of one case
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  • We repon a 64 year-old male, living in a rural área, with a history of a thyroid nodule subjected to a fine needle aspiration 18 years ago. He consulted tliis time for a goiter associated to dyspnoea and dyspliagia. A cliest X-ray and a neck CAT sean sliowed a calcified nodule in the superior mediastinum of thyroidal orígin, that displaced airways and blood vessels and a small thyroid nodule of uncertain orígin. A thyroid scintigram showed a cold right thyroid nodule. The patient was operated, performing a subtotal thyroidectomy A calcified nodule measuríng 8x6x6 cm and another nodule measuríng 10 mm were found during the surgical exploration. The pathological examination of the surgical piece disclosed a calcified hydatic cyst and a focal nodular hyperplasia. The patient remains asymptomatic seven months after surgery