Autonomous thyroid nodule: Not just a disease of adulthood.
Paediatric thyroid nodules are more likely to be malignant compared with adults. Differentiated thyroid cancer, including papillary thyroid cancer, which accounts for more than 90% of cases, frequently presents as a thyroid nodule with or without cervical lymphadenopathy. The Bethesda System for Rep...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Paediatrics & Child Health Vol. 56; no. 7; pp. 1140 - 1144 |
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| Autores principales: | , , , |
| Formato: | Journal Article |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Jul2020
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| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |
| Sumario: | Paediatric thyroid nodules are more likely to be malignant compared with adults. Differentiated thyroid cancer, including papillary thyroid cancer, which accounts for more than 90% of cases, frequently presents as a thyroid nodule with or without cervical lymphadenopathy. The Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology is well regarded to categorise thyroid nodules; however, false-negative results, particularly in larger nodules (>4 cm) due to sampling errors can occur. |
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