Abstract
A patient with an invasive thyroid carcinoma located within a hot thyroid nodule is reported. Only four similar cases have been described in the literature. It is emphasized that a hot thyroid nodule per se should not be used as an argument against the diagnosis of thyroid carcinoma.
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Hoving, J., Piers, D.A., Vermey, A. et al. Carcinoma in hyperfunctioning thyroid nodule in recurrent hyperthyroidism. Eur J Nucl Med 6, 131–132 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00266424
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