Thyroid Cysts in Cats: A Retrospective Study of 40 Cases.
Meredith L MillerM E PetersonJ F RandolphM R BroomeG D NorsworthyM RishniwPublished in: Journal of veterinary internal medicine (2017)
Thyroid cysts are encountered in hyperthyroid and euthyroid cats with benign and malignant thyroid tumors. Radioiodine treatment alone inconsistently resolved thyroid cysts. Thyroid-cystectomy could be considered in cats with unilateral thyroid disease or when symptomatic cysts persist despite successful radioiodine treatment of hyperthyroidism.