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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...

Factores de riesgo asociados a recidiva de carcinoma papilar de tiroides

RESUMEN Introducción: Aunque el carcinoma papilar de tiroides (CPT) tiene una buena sobrevida, en el 30% de los casos recidivará a largo plazo. Se han descrito factores pronósticos como el tamaño, histopatología, procedimiento quirúrgico y administración de yodo radiactivo. Objetivo: Este trabaj...

Manejo quirúrgico de tumores tiroideos en el Hospital General Docente Dr Agostinho Neto, Guantánamo 2016-2018
Surgical management of thyroid tumors in the Teaching General Hospital Dr Agostinho Neto, Guantánamo 2016-2018

Rev. inf. cient; 98 (3), 2019
Introducción: en Guantánamo no está precisado el tratamiento quirúrgico de los pacientes con tumores del tiroides. Objetivo: precisar el tratamiento quirúrgico de los pacientes con nódulo tiroideo en el Servicio de Cirugía General del Hospital Dr Agostinho Neto durante el 2016-2018. Método: se re...

Tratamiento con radioyodo endovenoso y estimulación con TSH recombinante humana en paciente con cáncer de tiroides extenso: caso clínico

Rev. méd. Chile; 146 (10), 2018
Abstract: We report a 72-years-old male patient with extensive differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC), who required a tracheostomy and gastrostomy. Considering his clinical condition, risk of aspiration and management of the ostomies, radioiodine (131I) was administered intravenously, using recombinant huma...

Comparación de la respuesta inicial luego de la ablación con 30 mCi de 131I versus no ablación en pacientes con cáncer diferenciado de tiroides de bajo riesgo de recurrencia. Estudio prospectivo multicéntrico
Comparison of initial response to treatment after remnant ablation (RA) with 30 mCi of 131 I versus no RA in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer with low risk of recurrence. Multicentric prospective study

RESUMEN Material y métodos Estudio prospectivo multicéntrico. Se incluyeron 174 pacientes con CDT tratados consecutivamente desde junio 2014 hasta mayo 2015. Se los dividió en 2 grupos (ablacionados y no ablacionados) con 87 pacientes incluidos en cada uno. La respuesta inicial al tratamiento se dete...

Influence of chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis on the risk of persistent and recurrent disease in patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma and elevated antithyroglobulin antibodies after initial therapy

Abstract Introduction In patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma who have negative serum thyroglobulin after initial therapy, the risk of structural disease is higher among those with elevated antithyroglobulin antibodies compared to patients without antithyroglobulin antibodies. Other studies suggest...

Efficacy of Drainless Total Thyroidectomy in Intrathyroidal Lesions of Thyroid

Abstract Introduction There is difference of opinion about the placement of the drain in thyroid surgeries, and, to the best of our knowledge, the efficacy of drainless total thyroidectomy regarding various parameters of thyroid lesions has not been well-established. Objective To report our experienc...