Autonomous Thyroid Nodule Spontaneously Cured By Cystic Degeneration On A Thirteen-year-old Girl
Semaine des Hopitaux 56(15-16): Apr 18-25 1980; 785-787
View Original Source →Abstract
An easily palpable 5.5 x 2.3 centimeter nonfunctioning nodule that was diagnosed as an atypical Hürthle cell adenoma on cytologic study disappeared completely in less than one month without benefit of any treatment.
Case Details
Personal Characteristics
Girl of thirteen
Clinical Characteristics
Hemorrhagic necrosis with suppression of hypersecretion
Remission Characteristics
Partial cystic degeneration of autonomous thyroid nodule
Treatment & Mechanisms
Proposed Remission Mechanisms
Not discussed
Additional Notes
If partial cystic degeneration of autonomous thyroid nodule is frequent, it rarely occurs when extra-nodular thyroid tissue is completely suppressed, with clinical cure.