Hidatidosis cervical: compromiso de tiroides y glándula submaxilar en dos casos
Neck located hydatid cysts are of rare occurrence. We report two patients with such condition. A 66 years old male with a slowly progressive painless 4 cm nodule located in the right thyroid. It did not concentrate 131I and a fine needle aspiration cytology was informed as an acute thyroiditis. A 5...
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oai:scielo:S0034-988719990009000121999-12-13Hidatidosis cervical: compromiso de tiroides y glándula submaxilar en dos casosValverde V,CarlosLam E,JoséIbáñez G,PatricioCruzat C,Claudio Echinococcosis Head and neck neoplasms Thyroid nodule Neck located hydatid cysts are of rare occurrence. We report two patients with such condition. A 66 years old male with a slowly progressive painless 4 cm nodule located in the right thyroid. It did not concentrate 131I and a fine needle aspiration cytology was informed as an acute thyroiditis. A 5 years old boy presented with a 5 cm painless right submaxillary cyst. Ultrasound examination showed that it was unilocular, and fine needle aspiration biopsy disclosed unspecific findings. In both cases surgical findings and the pathological study showed hydatid cysts. Both patients had normal chest x ray and abdominal ultrasound examinations. They had an uneventful postoperative evolution. Echinococcosis must be considered in the differential diagnosis of cervical cysts in endemic area.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Médica de SantiagoRevista médica de Chile v.127 n.9 19991999-09-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98871999000900012es10.4067/S0034-98871999000900012 |
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Neck located hydatid cysts are of rare occurrence. We report two patients with such condition. A 66 years old male with a slowly progressive painless 4 cm nodule located in the right thyroid. It did not concentrate 131I and a fine needle aspiration cytology was informed as an acute thyroiditis. A 5 years old boy presented with a 5 cm painless right submaxillary cyst. Ultrasound examination showed that it was unilocular, and fine needle aspiration biopsy disclosed unspecific findings. In both cases surgical findings and the pathological study showed hydatid cysts. Both patients had normal chest x ray and abdominal ultrasound examinations. They had an uneventful postoperative evolution. Echinococcosis must be considered in the differential diagnosis of cervical cysts in endemic area. |
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Valverde V,Carlos Lam E,José Ibáñez G,Patricio Cruzat C,Claudio |
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Valverde V,Carlos Lam E,José Ibáñez G,Patricio Cruzat C,Claudio |
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Valverde V,Carlos |
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Hidatidosis cervical: compromiso de tiroides y glándula submaxilar en dos casos |
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Hidatidosis cervical: compromiso de tiroides y glándula submaxilar en dos casos |
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Hidatidosis cervical: compromiso de tiroides y glándula submaxilar en dos casos |
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Hidatidosis cervical: compromiso de tiroides y glándula submaxilar en dos casos |
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Hidatidosis cervical: compromiso de tiroides y glándula submaxilar en dos casos |
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hidatidosis cervical: compromiso de tiroides y glándula submaxilar en dos casos |
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Sociedad Médica de Santiago |
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1999 |
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