Case 38-2010.

The article describes the case of a teenage girl who presented an enlarging neck mass in a pediatric endocrinology clinic. Aside from the physical symptom of neck swelling, the patient also complained of occasional nausea and neck tightness. Details about her clinical background are discussed, noting that her family has a history of hypothyroidism. Surgical treatment has been recommended following the detection of a papillary thyroid carcinoma within the right isthmus of the thyroid of the patient.