Primary Cavernous Haemangioma of the Thyroid - A Case Report
Published: February 1, 2014 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2014/.4038
Anuja Dasgupta, S Teerthanath, Meera Jayakumar, Kiran HS , Mary Raju
1. Postgraduate, Department of Pathology, KS Hegde Medical Academy, Mangalore, India.
2. Professor, Department of Pathology, KS Hegde Medical Academy, Mangalore, India.
3. Postgraduate, Department of Pathology, KS Hegde Medical Academy, Mangalore, India.
4. Postgraduate, Department of Pathology, KS Hegde Medical Academy, Mangalore, India.
5. Postgraduate, Department of Pathology, KS Hegde Medical Academy, Mangalore, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Anuja Dasgupta,
Postgraduate, Department of Pathology, KS Hegde Medical Academy, Mangalore-575018, India.
Phone: 9902336642, E-mail: for_frendz@hotmail.com
Primary thyroid haemangioma is extremely rare, with only countable cases having been previously reported. We are reporting a case of 38-year-old male with history of diffuse thyroid swelling in front of the neck, which was firm to hard in consistency. Ultrasonography (USG) displayed an enlarged left thyroid with anechoic / isoechoic nodule and foci of coarse calcification. Preoperative clinical diagnosis of solitary thyroid nodule was made. Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology (FNAC) was inconclusive, due to bloody aspirate. Left hemi-thyroidectomy was performed. Haemangioma was diagnosed, based on histopathological examination findings. Surgical excision would be the treatment of choice, which provides a good prognosis.
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