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                                                                <journal-id>bmedj</journal-id>
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                                                                                    <journal-title>Balıkesir Medical Journal</journal-title>
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                                        <issn pub-type="epub">2564-6664</issn>
                                                                                            <publisher>
                    <publisher-name>Balıkesir Üniversitesi</publisher-name>
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                                        <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.33716/bmedj.1873913</article-id>
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                                                            <subject>Endocrinology</subject>
                                                            <subject>Pathology</subject>
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                                            <subj-group  xml:lang="tr">
                                                            <subject>Endokrinoloji</subject>
                                                            <subject>Patoloji </subject>
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                                                                                                                        <article-title>Total Tiroidektomiden Dört Yıl Sonra Nüks Tiroid Karsinomunu Taklit Eden İpek Sütür Granülomu: Olgu Sunumu</article-title>
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                                    <trans-title>Silk Suture Granuloma Mimicking Recurrent Thyroid Carcinoma Four Years After Total Thyroidectomy: A Case Report</trans-title>
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                                                    <contrib-group content-type="authors">
                                                                        <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3156-4269</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Dalcı</surname>
                                    <given-names>Kubilay</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>Çukurova Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi</aff>
                                                            </contrib>
                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4918-191X</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Çoğal</surname>
                                    <given-names>İbrahim</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>çukurova üniversitesi tıp fakültesi</aff>
                                                            </contrib>
                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5435-044X</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Aydoğdu Yeşiloğlu</surname>
                                    <given-names>Aslı</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>Çukurova Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi</aff>
                                                            </contrib>
                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2715-6390</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Sarıtaş</surname>
                                    <given-names>Ahmet Gökhan</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>Çukurova Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi</aff>
                                                            </contrib>
                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7629-9369</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Gümüş</surname>
                                    <given-names>Serdar</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>Çukurova Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi</aff>
                                                            </contrib>
                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1305-2056</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Topal</surname>
                                    <given-names>Uğur</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>Çukurova Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi</aff>
                                                            </contrib>
                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6366-2461</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Aydın</surname>
                                    <given-names>İshak</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>Çukurova Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi</aff>
                                                            </contrib>
                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3044-9621</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Sakman</surname>
                                    <given-names>Gürhan</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>Çukurova Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi</aff>
                                                            </contrib>
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                                        <pub-date pub-type="pub" iso-8601-date="20260430">
                    <day>04</day>
                    <month>30</month>
                    <year>2026</year>
                </pub-date>
                                        <volume>10</volume>
                                        <issue>1</issue>
                                        <fpage>49</fpage>
                                        <lpage>56</lpage>
                        
                        <history>
                                    <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="20260130">
                        <day>01</day>
                        <month>30</month>
                        <year>2026</year>
                    </date>
                                                    <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="20260409">
                        <day>04</day>
                        <month>09</month>
                        <year>2026</year>
                    </date>
                            </history>
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                    <copyright-statement>Copyright © 2017, Balıkesir Medical Journal</copyright-statement>
                    <copyright-year>2017</copyright-year>
                    <copyright-holder>Balıkesir Medical Journal</copyright-holder>
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                                                                                                <abstract><p>Amaç / Arka Plan: Tiroidektomi sonrası boyunda saptanan kitleler, rezidü veya nüks tiroid karsinomu açısından ciddi endişe yaratır. Nadir olmakla birlikte, sütür granülomu gibi yabancı cisim reaksiyonları, görüntüleme yöntemleri ve ince iğne aspirasyon biyopsisinde (İİAB) maligniteyi yakından taklit edebilir; bu durum tanısal karışıklığa ve potansiyel olarak gereksiz reoperasyonlara yol açabilir. Olgu Sunumu: Benign multinodüler guatr nedeniyle dört yıl önce total tiroidektomi uygulanmış 56 yaşında kadın hasta, postoperatif hipoparatiroidi nedeniyle takip edilmekteydi. İzlem amaçlı yapılan boyun ultrasonografisinde sağ tiroid loj–istmus bileşkesinde, içerisinde hiperekoik odaklar bulunan ve progresif olarak büyüyen bir lezyon saptandı. İki ayrı merkezde yapılan ince iğne aspirasyon biyopsisi sonuçları malignite şüphesi (Bethesda kategori V) olarak raporlandı. Radyolojik progresyon ve sitolojik şüphe nedeniyle cerrahi eksplorasyon planlandı. İntraoperatif olarak trakeaya yapışık, sert ve fikse bir lezyon izlendi. Diseksiyon sırasında pürülan materyal ile karşılaşıldı ve lezyon içerisinde çok sayıda ipek sütür materyali saptandı. İntraoperatif patolojik yeniden değerlendirme, ipek sütüre bağlı yabancı cisim granülomatöz reaksiyonu ile uyumlu bulundu. Lezyon tamamen eksize edildi. Nihai histopatolojik inceleme, yabancı cisim granülomu ile uyumlu olarak raporlandı. Sonuç: Tiroidektomiden yıllar sonra ortaya çıkan şüpheli tiroid loj lezyonlarının ayırıcı tanısında sütür granülomu mutlaka göz önünde bulundurulmalıdır. Bu nadir antitenin farkında olunması ve dikkatli klinikopatolojik korelasyon, yanlış tanı ve gereksiz agresif cerrahi girişimlerin önlenmesi açısından büyük önem taşımaktadır.</p></abstract>
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                            <p>Background: Neck masses detected after thyroidectomy raise significant concern for residual or recurrent thyroid carcinoma. Although rare, foreign-body reactions such as suture granulomas may closely mimic malignancy on imaging and fine-needle aspiration biopsy, leading to diagnostic confusion and potentially unnecessary surgical interventions. Case Presentation: A 56-year-old woman who had undergone total thyroidectomy four years earlier for benign multinodular goiter was followed up for postoperative hypoparathyroidism. Surveillance neck ultrasonography revealed a progressively enlarging lesion with internal hyperechoic foci at the right thyroid bed–isthmus junction. Fine-needle aspiration biopsy performed at two different centers was reported as suspicious for malignancy (Bethesda category V). Due to radiological progression and cytological suspicion, surgical exploration was planned. Intraoperatively, a firm and fixed lesion adherent to the trachea was identified. During dissection, purulent material was encountered, and multiple retained silk suture materials were found within the lesion. Final histopathological examination revealed a foreign-body granuloma associated with chronic inflammation. Conclusion: Suture granuloma should be considered in the differential diagnosis of suspicious thyroid bed lesions occurring years after thyroidectomy. Awareness of this rare entity and careful clinicopathological correlation are essential to prevent misdiagnosis and unnecessary aggressive surgical procedures.</p></trans-abstract>
                                                            
            
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                                                    <kwd>tiroidektomi</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  sütür granülomu</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  yabancı cisim reaksiyonu</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  tiroid kanseri nüksü</kwd>
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                                                    <kwd>thyroidectomy</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  suture granuloma</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  foreign body reaction</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  thyroid cancer recurrence</kwd>
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