Affiliation:
1. From the Departments of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (Drs Villamil, Massimi, and Cole) and Medicine (Dr D'Avella), Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Conn.
Abstract
Abstract
Although involvement of the thyroid gland by amyloid is a relatively common phenomenon, diffuse enlargement of the gland secondary to infiltration by amyloid is infrequent. We report the pathologic findings in a case of primary amyloid goiter with involvement of a parathyroid gland in an euthyroid patient who presented to his physician with an enlarged thyroid, upper airway obstructive symptoms, and dysphagia. The clinical features of amyloid goiter, including difficulties in preoperative diagnosis and management, are discussed.
Publisher
Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Subject
Medical Laboratory Technology,General Medicine,Pathology and Forensic Medicine
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