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Intermediate-risk thyroid carcinoma: indicators of a poor prognosis

ABSTRACT Objective: The intermediate-risk (IR) category includes tumors with different degrees of aggression. We aimed to identify the risk factors associated with unfavorable response to initial treatment and compare the effect of low/high radioactive iodine (RAI) therapy. Subjects and methods: A tota...

La densidad óptica nuclear como indicador diagnóstico en el carcinoma papilar de tiroides
Nuclear optical density as a diagnostic indicator in papillary thyroid carcinoma

Introducción: El carcinoma papilar de tiroides es la causa más frecuente de cáncer de naturaleza endocrina. Constituye la variante histológica de mejor pronóstico, sin embargo, en ocasiones es motivo de importantes dudas diagnósticas con otras variantes de evolución tórpida, lo que dificulta que...

Papillary carcinoma in a thyroglossal duct: case report

Säo Paulo med. j; 117 (6), 1999
CONTEXT: Thyroglossal duct cysts are the most common congenital cervical abnormality in childhood. Malignant lesions are rare in thyroglossal duct cysts (about 1 percent). OBJECTIVE: To report a case of papillary carcinoma in thyroglossal duct cysts. DESIGN: Case report. CASE REPORT: The patient was a 21...