Most recent by Stephanie L. Lee, MD, PhD, ECNU
Horner’s syndrome may be unexpected complication after thyroid surgery
A 27-year-old woman with no significant medical history presented to our institution for management of her thyroid cancer.
Intraoperative MRI improves complete resection of pituitary macroadenoma
A 63-year-old man was referred to the Massachusetts General Hospital Neuroendocrine & Pituitary Tumor Clinical Center for management of a pituitary macroadenoma.
Thymic cyst causes false-positive radioactive iodine scan
The patient was referred because of an abnormal posttherapy scan after radioactive iodine ablation for thyroid cancer. The patient initially presented with a large multinodular goiter.
Isoechoic thyroid nodules not always ‘low risk,’ benign
A 59-year-old Hispanic man was referred to the endocrine clinic by the otolaryngology department for a thyroid mass.
Abnormal jugular vein detected during thyroid ultrasound
A 43-year-old woman was referred to the endocrine clinic for a thyroid nodule found on a CT scan of the chest during the evaluation of breast cancer.
Incidental detection of ectopic thyroid tissue
A 46-year-old Asian woman was seen in the endocrine clinic for evaluation of a goiter. She was originally from China, where here physician noted that she had an enlarged thyroid gland and reported an abnormal thyroid by ultrasound.
Eggshell calcification of thyroid nodule not always benign
A 73-year-old man had been diagnosed with colorectal cancer at an academic medical center. An F18-fluorodeoxyglucose PET-CT scan was performed for tumor staging, and a small hypermetabolic nodule was noted in the right thyroid lobe.
Cola, sarcoid and soft-tissue calcification
A 43-year-old black man presented to his physician because of growing masses over his right elbow, hand and finger. He had noted an increase in polyuria and thirst and had been consuming 6 to 8 cups of cola drinks daily.
Autonomous thyroid nodule detected by molecular testing with next-generation sequencing
A 35-year-old woman with a medical history significant for anxiety and recurrent episodes of silent or subacute lymphocytic thyroiditis was evaluated in a tertiary care endocrine clinic for symptoms of palpitations.
Insulinoma with negative 72-hour fasting test, severe hypoglycemia after glucagon
An 85-year-old woman without a history of diabetes was found unresponsive with finger-stick capillary glucose of 26 mg/dL and immediate return to normal mentation after IV dextrose.