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Manejo de nódulos tiroideos y cáncer de tiroides con lobectomía: experiencia de un equipo multidisciplinario

INTRODUCCIÓN: La extensión de la cirugía es motivo de controversia en el manejo de nódulos y cáncer diferenciado de tiroides (CDT). En nódulos benignos e indeterminados que requieran cirugía, la lobectomía es de elección, mientras que en CDT debe considerarse en tumores intratiroideos ≤ 4 cm. ...

A cutoff thyroglobulin value suggestive of distant metastases in differentiated thyroid cancer patients

Braz. j. med. biol. res; 53 (11), 2020
Serum thyroglobulin is used as part of the early postoperative assessment of differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) since there is a clear relationship between an increased risk of recurrence and persistent disease after initial treatment and high postoperative stimulated thyroglobulin (ps-Tg) values. Thus,...

Eficacia y seguridad de tirotropina recombinante para el tratamiento de pacientes adultos posoperados de cáncer de tiroides diferenciado que requieren terapia radioablativa y tienen contraindicación de suspensión del reemplazo hormonal con hormona tiroidea exógena

INTRODUCCIÓN: El presente dictamen expone la evaluación de la eficacia y seguridad de tirotropina recombinante en pacientes adultos posoperados de cáncer de tiroides diferenciado con contraindicación de suspensión del reemplazo hormonal con hormona tiroidea exógena y que requieren terapia radioabla...

Thyroid nodules ≤ 1 cm and papillary thyroid microcarcinomas: Brazilian experts opinion

ABSTRACT The indolent evolution of low-risk papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (mPTC) in adult patients and the consequences of thyroidectomy require a revision of the management traditionally recommended. Aiming to spare patients unnecessary procedures and therapies and to optimize the health system in Br...

Active surveillance in papillary thyroid carcinoma: not easily accepted but possible in Latin America

ABSTRACT Objectives To determine the percentage of patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) who accepted active surveillance as an alternative to surgery in our clinical practice and to describe the clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with Bethesda category V and VI thyroid nodules...

Aumento de la capacidad diagnóstica de la ecografía (informada con clasificación t-rads) cuando se agrega una punción aspirativa con aguja fina (informada con sistema bethesda)

Rev. med. Rosario; 85 (2), 2019
Cuando un nódulo tiroideo muestra características ecográficas sospechosas de malignidad (informada con clasificación T-RADS) casi no se discute que debe completarse el diagnóstico con una punción aspirativa con aguja fina (PAAF) (informada con sistema Bethesda). Pero cuando la ecografía sólo mues...

Diagnostic performance of thyroid ultrasound in Hürthle cell carcinomas

ABSTRACT Objective Hürthle cell carcinomas (HCCs) of the thyroid have been recently reclassified as a separate entity due to their distinct clinical and molecular profiles. Few studies have assessed the ability of preoperative characteristics in differentiating HCCs from Hürthle cell adenomas (HCAs) ...

Modelo ambulatorial de atendimento de nódulo de tireoide

A prevalência de detecção de nódulos na tireoide através da palpação é de aproximadamente 5%. Essa prevalência sobe para 19 a 67% quando utilizada a avaliação ecográfica. A importância da avaliação clínica dessa entidade está na necessidade de diagnosticar o câncer de tireoide que ocorr...

Prophylactic central neck dissection and local recurrence in papillary thyroid microcarcinoma: a meta-analysis

Abstract Introduction: For papillary thyroid microcarcinoma patients, the reported incidence of lymph node metastasis is as high as 40%, and these occur mainly in the central compartment of the neck. Because these metastases are difficult to detect using ultrasonography preoperatively, some authors advo...

Serum calcitonin nadirs to undetectable levels within 1 month of curative surgery in medullary thyroid cancer

ABSTRACT Objective: Because serum calcitonin (CT) is a reliable marker of the presence, volume, and extent of disease in medullary thyroid cancer (MTC), both the ATA and NCCN guidelines use the 2-3 month post-operative CT value as the primary response to therapy variable that determines the type and int...