Calculi and Chronic Skin Sinus in Nodular Goitre: Two Case Reports

Abstract

A case of chronic discharging sinus originating from a calcified nodide of a multinodular qoitre is reported. Surgical treatment was extremely dificult in view of the dense fibrosis. A further case of thyroid cyst filled with multiple calculi, a condition which is quite rare, is also reported.

Principles of demineralization: Modern strategies for the isolation of organic frameworks

“…There are 208 bones in the skeleton and 32 teeth in the oral cavity of a normal adult (Skinner, 2000) and 2. unexpected, and undesired, or pathologic mineral deposits including pancreatic calculi (Jin et al, 2002) and stones (Multinger et al, 1983); renal stones (Kageyama et al, 2001); kidney stones (Ryall et al, 2000;Khan et al, 2002); urinary calculi (Suto and Wooley, 1972), stones (Prien and Prien, 1968;Rose, 1977;Williams et al, 2006) and cystoliths (Saetre, 1954); gallstones (Been et al, 1979); bladder stones (Chaudhri et al, 2007); rhinoliths (calculus present in the nasal cavity) (Rasinger et al, 1985;Cellikkanat et al, 1997;Vink et al, 2002;Shaw, 2007); tonsilloliths (oropharyngeal concretions) (Cerny and Bekarek, 1990;Mesolella et al, 2004); vaginoliths-vaginal calculi (Malik et al, 2006;Cetinkursun et al, 2001;Malhotra et al, 2004); cardiolytes (Gilinskaya et al, 2003); cutaneous calculi (Neild and Marsden, 1985;Tezuka, 1980;Moulik et al, 1974); enteroliths (Rudge, 1992;Lopez and Welch, 1991;Pantongrag-Brown et al, 1996); sialoliths-salivary submandibular (Burstein et al, 1979) and parotid gland stones (Thompson, 1973;Slomiany et al, 1983); ptyaliths-calculus in a salivary glands (Anneroth et al, 1975); dental calculi (Rabinowitz et al, 1969).…”

Benign Calcified Thyroid Cyst With Skin Sinus Formation

“…The remarkable resistance of the thyroid gland to infection is attributed to many factors such as rich lymphatic and vascular supply, well‐developed capsule, and high iodine content of the gland 3,4 . In fact, a search in PubMed for the topic of calcified benign thyroid cyst with skin sinus formation yielded only one specific result dating back to 1974 5 …”

“…3,4 In fact, a search in PubMed for the topic of calcified benign thyroid cyst with skin sinus formation yielded only one specific result dating back to 1974. 5 Calcification of the thyroid can occur in both benign and malignant pathologies. The characteristic feature in benign thyroid adenomas is coarse stromal calcifications with rough outline alignment along the periphery of the lesion.…”