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- Title
Relationship between the Characteristics of a Late-Onset Familial Giant Thyroid Cyst and Aspiration Treatment.
- Authors
Toshihide Harada; Fumiko Ishizaki; Yumiko Nitta; Yumiko Miki; Miwa Hayama; Shoji Ito; Hiroyuki Miyazaki; Satomi Aoi; Hiromi Tkeda; Tadayuki Iida; Juko Ando; Kohsaku Nitta
- Abstract
Objective: Thyroid cyst is a well recognized disease of the thyroid gland. We report here an exceptionally large thyroid cyst, which we successfully treated by aspiration. Design: A clinical study. Materials and Methods: We analysed 2 cases of large thyroid cysts, which we successfully treated by aspiration. Results: A 59-year old man consulted our hospital because of his large goitre. He had his striking appearance of his right neck. We planned partial thyroidectomy. Two aspirations, followed by a lifetime program of feeding desiccated thyroid, sufficed in the patient to remove completely the palpable nodule. Conclusion: His father also had the same large thyroid cyst, which we successfully treated by two aspirations when his father was of his age.
- Subjects
ARTIFICIAL feeding; MEDICAL referrals; NECK; NEEDLE biopsy; THYROID gland tumors; THYROIDECTOMY; SYMPTOMS; TREATMENT effectiveness; DELAYED onset of disease
- Publication
International Medical Journal, 2019, Vol 26, Issue 4, p318
- ISSN
1341-2051
- Publication type
Article