• Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang 110032, Liaoning Province, China;
SHISheng-li, Email: shivictorstone@yeah.net
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Objective To summarize and analyze the clinical characteristics of patients with thyroiditis who would be misdiagnosed with thyroid tumor easily. Method The clinical data of 19 patients with thyroiditis who were misdiag-nosed with thyroid tumor in our department from 2009 to 2012 were analyzed retrospectively. Results All of 19 patients underwent surgery, among which 8 cases were diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis after operation, 10 cases diagnosed with subacute thyroiditis, and 1 case diagnosed with suppurative thyroiditis.Different surgery program such as the biopsy or wedge resection was adopted to the subacute thyroiditis and the chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis respec-tively. Conclusion Sometimes, it is very difficult to distinguish atypical thyroiditis from thyroid tumor so that we must pay attention to the patients who had nontumorous characteristics in order to decrease the misdiagnosis.

Citation: LIHong, MAFu-wei, SHISheng-li. Analysis of Patients with Thyroiditis Being Misdiagnosed with Thyroid Tumor. CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY, 2014, 21(2): 207-211. doi: 10.7507/1007-9424.20140048 Copy