Diffuse lipomatosis of the thyroid gland: A pathologic curiosity

• Egile Nagusiak: Gupta Ruchika (Egilea), Arora Raman (Egilea), Sharma Alok (Egilea), Dinda Amit (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2009-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Gaiak: article
• Sarrera elektronikoa: Connect to this object online.

We report the case of a 45-year-old man who presented with a 4-year history of midline neck swelling associated with recent onset respiratory distress. Local examination showed a lobulated diffuse thyroid enlargement. A subtotal thyroidectomy was performed. The right lobe weighed 225 g and the left...