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==Pitfalls/weird stuff== | ==Pitfalls/weird stuff== | ||
*Thyroid tissue lateral to the jugular vein (often referred to as ''lateral aberrant thyroid tissue'') is generally considered metastatic thyroid carcinoma ([[papillary thyroid carcinoma]]) even if it looks benign.<ref name=pmid14452106>{{Cite journal | last1 = JOHNSON | first1 = RW. | last2 = SAHA | first2 = NC. | title = The so-called lateral aberrant thyroid. | journal = Br Med J | volume = 1 | issue = 5293 | pages = 1668-9 | month = Jun | year = 1962 | doi = | PMID = 14452106 | PMC = 1958877 }}</ref> | *Thyroid tissue lateral to the jugular vein (often referred to as ''lateral aberrant thyroid tissue'') is generally considered metastatic thyroid carcinoma ([[papillary thyroid carcinoma]]) even if it looks benign.<ref name=pmid14452106>{{Cite journal | last1 = JOHNSON | first1 = RW. | last2 = SAHA | first2 = NC. | title = The so-called lateral aberrant thyroid. | journal = Br Med J | volume = 1 | issue = 5293 | pages = 1668-9 | month = Jun | year = 1962 | doi = | PMID = 14452106 | PMC = 1958877 }}</ref> | ||
**This | **This dictum is disputed.<ref name=pmid17319317>{{Cite journal | last1 = Escofet | first1 = X. | last2 = Khan | first2 = AZ. | last3 = Mazarani | first3 = W. | last4 = Woods | first4 = WG. | title = Lessons to be learned: a case study approach. Lateral aberrant thyroid tissue: is it always malignant? | journal = J R Soc Promot Health | volume = 127 | issue = 1 | pages = 45-6 | month = Jan | year = 2007 | doi = | PMID = 17319317 }}</ref> | ||
*[[Hashimoto's disease]] may have so many lymphocytes that it mimics a lymph node -- may lead to misdiagnosis of PTC. | *[[Hashimoto's disease]] may have so many lymphocytes that it mimics a lymph node -- may lead to misdiagnosis of PTC. | ||
*Parasitic nodule: clump of thyroid that is attached by a thin thread... but looks like a separate nodule; may lead to misdiagnosis of PTC. | *Parasitic nodule: clump of thyroid that is attached by a thin thread... but looks like a separate nodule; may lead to misdiagnosis of PTC. | ||