ea0029p851 | Endocrine tumours and neoplasia | ICEECE2012
Donatini G.
, Iacconi P.
, Giusti L.
, Da Valle Y.
, Ciregia F.
, Giannaccini G.
, Torregrossa L.
, Proietti A.
, Mazzeo S.
, Basolo F.
, Lucacchini A.
Background: Riedels thyroiditis (RT) is a rare thyroid disease. Clinical and citological differential diagnosis with thyroid malignancy is difficult pre-operatively and often only pathological report may confirm the diagnosis.Methods: We report a case of a 72-year-old Italian woman with a known history of goiter, which showed a rapid increase in size at ultrasound check, suggesting malignancy. Based on non-diagnostic cytology (Thy 1), a total thyro...