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Case Reports
. 2017 Mar 31;1(1):2473974X17701092.
doi: 10.1177/2473974X17701092. eCollection 2017 Jan-Mar.

Cholesterol Granuloma of the Thyroid Mimicking Malignancy

Won Woong Kim  1   2
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Case Reports

Cholesterol Granuloma of the Thyroid Mimicking Malignancy

Won Woong Kim. OTO Open. .
No abstract available

Keywords: cholesterol; granuloma; thyroid.

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Competing interests: None.

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Neck ultrasonography of cholesterol granuloma, which is 0.5 × 0.5 cm in size and has an irregular margin. This tumor is also a heterogeneous, taller than wide, and hypoechoic.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Multiple cholesterol crystals were arranged in irregular arrays in the thyroid (×40) and surrounded by histiocytes and giant cells (×200).
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