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Case Reports
. 2002 Nov-Dec;23(10):1640-1.

Radiologic and cytologic findings in a case of thyrolipoma

Gulgan Demirpolat  1 , Bunyamin Guney, Recep Savas, Goksel Tuncay, Hadaver Alper, Rifat Nuri Sener
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Radiologic and cytologic findings in a case of thyrolipoma

Gulgan Demirpolat et al. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2002 Nov-Dec.

Abstract

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.

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Fig 1.
Unenhanced axial view CT scan shows a well-circumscribed, predominantly fatty mass (Hounsfield unitsH. = −60) of the thyroid gland. The mass causes enlargement of the isthmus and extends to both right and left lobes. Small portions of the right and left lobes have a soft tissue attenuation (Hounsfield units = +50), consistent with normal tyroid tissue.
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Fig 2.
Fast spin-echo T1-weighted MR image (1104/12 [TR/TE]; acquisition, 2; section thickness, 5 mm). The thyrolipoma is isointense with subcutaneous fat.
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