Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, ISSN 1923-2861 print, 1923-287X online, Open Access
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Case Report

Volume 1, Number 2, June 2011, pages 90-91

Massive Chronic Organizing Thyroid Abscess Masquerading Thyroid Cancer

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1. Pendulous goiter reaching to just above nipples, with skin edema and ulcer (arrow).
Figure 2.
Figure 2. CE-CT Neck showing huge right thyroid nodule with heterogeneous enhancement, areas of cystic degeneration and calcification.
Figure 3.
Figure 3. Photomicrograph of section from thyroid nodule showing thyroid follicles and abscess cavity filled with necrotic material and fibrosis suggestive of chronic organizing abscess (H&E stain, 40 × original magnification).