Male, 56 years old. Reason: patient with known left thyroid PTC, please evaluate lateral and central lymph nodes for abnormality RIGHT LOBE MEASUREMENTS: 5.8 x 1.1 x 1.8 cmLEFT LOBE MEASUREMENTS: 5.7 x 1.9 x 1.4 cmISTHMUS MEASUREMENTS: 0.4 cmRIGHT LOBE: Mildly heterogeneous echotexture. A nodule at the lateral aspect of the right thyroid lobe measures approximately 0.5 x 0.4 cm, mixed cystic and solid, incompletely characterized and nonspecific.LEFT LOBE: Mildly heterogeneous echotexture. A left lower pole nodule measures 0.9 x 0.6 x 0.7 cm, solid, isoechoic with calcifications and a hypoechoic rim, and internal vascularity.ISTHMUS: Mildly heterogeneous echotexture, without focal lesion.PARATHYROID GLANDS: No significant abnormality noted.LYMPH NODES: A right level 5 lymph node measures 0.9 x 0.4 x 0.6 cm, with a fatty hilum. A left level 3 lymph node measures 0.6 x 0.3 x 1.3 cm, with suggestion of fatty hilum. An additional left level 3 lymph node measures 0.5 x 0.6 x 1.5 cm, with a fatty hilum. An additional left level 3 lymph node measures 1.1 x 0.6 x 0.9 cm, with a fatty hilum.OTHER: No significant abnormality noted.
1.A subcentimeter solid left thyroid nodule correlates with a known history of capillary thyroid cancer.2.An additional subcentimeter mixed cystic and solid nodule at the lateral aspect of the right thyroid lobe is incompletely characterized and nonspecific.3.Subcentimeter cervical lymph nodes, most with fatty hila, as detailed above.