Abstract
Calcification of an entire lobe of the thyroid is comparatively rare. A search of the literature for the past ten years reveals only two cases listed as such. Clark described a case in the Southern Medical Journal of 1920. His patient had had symptoms of hyperthyroidism for ten years, but came to him complaining of a hard tumor in the midline of the neck. On X-ray examination it was shown to be a calcified thyroid. The other case was described by Pennel in the Lancet of 1917. His patient came to him seeking medical advice for aphonia, which had existed for three months. On physical examination a small hard lump about the size of a walnut was found on the left side of the neck, occupying the position of the left lobe of the thyroid. No radiological examination was made and a diagnosis of carcinoma of the thyroid was made On operation, a craggy mass of rock-like consistency was found, which proved to be a calcified adenoma. The author believed it to be a calcified parathyroid. Kaufman states that small area...
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