Papillary thyroid carcinoma; the frequency of multifocality in patients undergoing total thyroidectomy
Professional Medical Journal-Quarterly [The]. 2013; 20 (4): 581-586
Dans Anglais
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ABSTRACT
At Mayo Hospital Lahore, from August 2010 to April 2011. Was to determine the frequency of multifocality among all cases presented with papillary thyroid carcinoma [PTC] planned to undergo total thyroidectomy [TT]. Data of all patients of PTC was collected from inpatient department of East Surgical ward. All the patients underwent total thyroidectomy by same team of consultant surgeons. A total of 35 patients of PTC with mean age of 37.94 years were included. Multifocal tumor was found in 31.4%. Out of them, 72.7% were females and 27.3% males. This case series showed that a multifocality is highly prevalent in PTC and total thyroidectomy should be done as the treatment for PTC, to eliminate the additional tumor foci in thyroid gland and prevent its recurrence
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Indice:
Méditerranée orientale
Sujet Principal:
Thyroïdectomie
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Tumeurs de la thyroïde
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Carcinomes
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Collecte de données
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Récidive tumorale locale
Limites du sujet:
Femelle
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Humains
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Mâle
langue:
Anglais
Texte intégral:
Professional Med. J.-Q
Année:
2013
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