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Clinical outcomes of low and intermediate risk differentiated thyroid cancer patients treated with 30mCi for ablation or without radioactive iodine therapy

ABSTRACT Objective To retrospectively evaluate the outcomes of patients with low and intermediate risk thyroid carcinoma treated with total thyroidectomy (TT) and who did not undergo radioiodine remnant ablation (RRA) and to compare them to patients receiving low dose of iodine (30 mCi). Subjects and m...

Papillary thyroid microcarcinoma: characteristics at presentation, and evaluation of clinical and histological features associated with a worse prognosis in a Latin American cohort

ABSTRACT Objective We aimed to describe the presentation of papillary microcarcinoma (PTMC) and identify the clinical and histological features associated with persistence/recurrence in a Latin American cohort. Subjects and methods Retrospective study of PTMC patients who underwent total thyroidectomy,...

NMR-based metabolomics to select a surgical method for treating papillary thyroid carcinoma

Clinics; 73 (), 2018
OBJECTIVE: This study aims to investigate differences in the metabolomic profiles of patients who received different surgeries for papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). METHODS: Two surgical methods, i.e., unilateral and total thyroidectomy, were employed according to different disease conditions. Sera fro...

Cáncer de tiroides en el Hospital General Docente Dr Agostinho Neto de Guantánamo
Characterization of the thyroid cancer in the Hospital Dr Agostinho Neto, Guantanamo

Rev. inf. cient; 97 (2), 2018
Introducción: en Guantánamo existen pocos estudios relacionados al cáncer de tiroides. Objetivo: caracterizar el cáncer de tiroides en el servicio de cirugía general del Hospital General Docente “Dr. Agostinho Neto” durante los años 2012 - 2016. Método: se realizó un estudio descriptivo, pros...

Tireoidectomia endoscópica transoral por acesso vestibular (TOETVA): experiência inicial no Brasil

Rev. Col. Bras. Cir; 45 (5), 2018
RESUMO Objetivo: apresentar a experiência inicial no Brasil com a tireoidectomia transoral endoscópica por abordagem vestibular (TOETVA). Métodos: estudo prospectivo de pacientes submetidos à TOETVA no Serviço de Cirurgia de Cabeça e Pescoço do Hospital Regional do Oeste, Chapecó, Santa Catarin...

Carcinoma bem diferenciado de tireoide: perfil epidemiológico, resultados cirúrgicos e resposta oncológica

Rev. Col. Bras. Cir; 45 (5), 2018
RESUMO Objetivo: conhecer o perfil epidemiológico dos pacientes submetidos à cirurgia do carcinoma bem diferenciado da tireoide no Hospital Universitário Cassiano Antônio Moraes da Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, assim como os resultados oncológicos e as principais complicações pós-oper...

Coexistence of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma and papillary thyroid carcinoma in a patient affected by Hashimoto's thyroiditis

SUMMARY Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is the most common type of thyroid cancer. On the contrary, primary thyroid lymphoma (PTL) is a rare disease, accounting for 2% to 5% of all thyroid malignancies. Despite several cases in which both PTC and PTL arise in the setting of Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT)...

Metastatic lymph node characteristics as predictors of recurrence/persistence in the neck and distant metastases in differentiated thyroid cancer

ABSTRACT Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between this characteristic and outcomes in patients with lymph node metastasis in a Brazilian cohort. Subjects and methods: This study examined a retrospective cohort of adult patients diagnosed with differentiated thyroid cance...

PEComa (neoplasia de células epiteliodes perivasculares) asociado con cáncer papilar de tiroides bilateral sincrónico

Rev. chil. cir; 69 (6), 2017
Resumen Introducción: Los tumores de células epitelioides perivasculares (PEComas) son neoplasias poco frecuentes de origen mesenquimal. Estos incluyen el angiomiolipoma epitelioide (EAML), una neoplasia con potencial maligno y cuya presentación simultánea con cáncer de tiroides es bastante rara. ...

Cáncer diferenciado de tiroides en tiroides lingual, presentación de un caso

The lingual thyroid carcinoma is very uncommon neoplasia with an incidence of less than 1 percent. The papillary variant is the most frequent. Cervical MRI helps differentiate muscle from thyroid tissue. The definitive diagnosis is given by histology. Management is similar to that of orthotopic thyroid c...