Diffuse fatty infiltration in amyloid goiter

Himmetoglu C., Yamak S., Tezel G. G.

PATHOLOGY INTERNATIONAL, vol.57, no.7, pp.449-453, 2007 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 57 Issue: 7
  • Publication Date: 2007
  • Doi Number: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.2007.02122.x
  • Journal Name: PATHOLOGY INTERNATIONAL
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.449-453
  • Hacettepe University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Presented herein is a case of diffuse fatty infiltration of amyloid goiter in a 58-year-old woman with chronic renal failure. Bilateral total thyroidectomy was performed due to symptoms of dysphagia and hoarseness. Macroscopic and microscopic examination showed that almost all thyroid follicles were replaced by fat cells. Hyalinized stroma intervening the fatty infiltration was shown to harbor amyloid deposition.