Black Thyroid Associated with Thyroid Carcinoma

Table 1

Patients’ demographics and pathology information.

	Patient 1	Patient 2	Patient 3	Patient 4	Patient 5	Patient 6
Age	68	52	57	59	58	66
Gender	Female	Male	Male	Female	Female	Female
Race	White	African American	White	African American	African American	African American
Preop TSH(reference range: 0.5 and 3.0 mIU/L)	1.84	1.47	1.33	1.52	1.24	1.38
Preop FNA	Benign nodule	Benign nodule	Follicular lesion	Benign nodule	Papillary thyroid cancer	Follicular lesion
Pathology	Papillary thyroid cancer	Hurthle cell neoplasm	Follicular carcinoma	Hurthle Cell Neoplasm	Papillary thyroid cancer	Papillary thyroid cancer