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Endocrine Abstracts (2017) 49 EP1485 | DOI: 10.1530/endoabs.49.EP1485

1Diabetes and Endocrinology Department, Barking Havering and Redbridge University Trust, Greater London, UK; 2Surgery Department, Barking Havering and Redbridge University Trust, Greater London, UK; 3Radiology Department, Barking Havering and Redbridge University Trust, Greater London, UK.


Current UK guidelines for thyroid nodules advise a thyroid ultrasound (ThyUSS) with U-Classification with or without Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA) with Thy-Classification to determine malignancy risk. We report four cases where thyroid carcinoma was diagnosed histologically following reassuring cytology and radiological examination. This is a case of 28-year-old female who presented with neck swelling. ThyUSS showed an enlarged left thyroid with cystic and solid components; FNA was Thy2. Surveillance ThyUSS showed additional right-sided nodules without pathological features; FNA was Thy1. The patient opted for thyroidectomy; histology showed two small foci of papillary carcinoma. 53-year-old female referred with a right dominant nodule following ThyUSS; FNA was Thy2. Subsequent ThyUSS showed a mildly hypoechoic, vascularised nodule with peripheric halo; FNA was Thy1. The patient opted for right thyroid lobectomy; histology showed benign follicular nodules with the dominant nodule containing an incidental papillary microcarcinoma. 60-year-old female had an incidental finding of a left thyroid nodule on CT neck on a background of autoimmune hypothyroidism and a family history of thyroid cancer. ThyUSS showed a left-dominant nodule with increased peripheral vascularity and smaller right-sided nodules; FNA was Thy2. The patient opted for a left thyroid lobectomy; histology showed papillary thyroid carcinoma and subsequent right thyroidectomy histology also showed papillary micro-carcinoma. 41-year-old female presented with T3-thyrotoxicosis with positive thyroglobulin antibodies and swelling corresponding to the thyroid. ThyUSS showed a right-sided, solid homogenous nodule and two small left-sided nodules. Repeated ThyUSS over nine months were stable; FNA was Thy2 and Thy1c. Technetium scan showed a right-sided toxic nodule and co-existent cold nodule. Following right hemi-thyroidectomy histology showed benign follicular adenoma and an incidental papillary microadenoma.

Conclusion: These cases demonstrate that whilst the U- and Thy-Classifications are reassuring they do not exclude malignancy. This uncertainty should be highlighted to patients when discussing management of thyroid nodules.

Volume 49

19th European Congress of Endocrinology

Lisbon, Portugal
20 May 2017 - 23 May 2017

European Society of Endocrinology 

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