A case of primary hydatidosis of the thyroid gland

Authors
Cossu, ML Palermo, M Coppola, M Fais, E Ruggiu, M Tanda, F Rocca, PC Noya, G
Citation
Ml. Cossu et al., A case of primary hydatidosis of the thyroid gland, PANMIN MED, 41(3), 1999, pp. 269-272
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
General & Internal Medicine
Journal title
PANMINERVA MEDICA
ISSN journal
00310808 → ACNP
Volume
41
Issue
3
Year of publication
1999
Pages
269 - 272
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-0808(199909)41:3<269:ACOPHO>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
A 54-year-old woman presented with an expansive mass in the anterior cervic al region (front of the neck) with abscess. Laboratory tests and thyroid pr ofile proved normal. Surgical exploration revealed a hydatid cyst in the le ft lobe of the thyroid gland with parasitic metastasis of the left lateral cervical lymph node chain. Postoperative examination of the nodule showed i t to be a solitary primary thyroid hydatid cyst.