Is there any predictive characteristic for malignancy in thyroid enlargements during childhood?

Karaguzel G., Tanyel F., Buyukpamukcu N., Hicsonmez A.

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC SURGERY, vol.6, no.2, pp.70-74, 1996 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 6 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 1996
  • Doi Number: 10.1055/s-2008-1066474
  • Journal Name: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC SURGERY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.70-74
  • Keywords: thyroid nodule, goiter, nodular, thyroid neoplasm, thyroidectomy, FINE-NEEDLE ASPIRATION, NODULES, CHILDREN, MANAGEMENT, CARCINOMA, DIAGNOSIS, CANCER, GOITER, BIOPSY
  • Akdeniz University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Although thyroid surgery is mainly based on the malignancy risk; determination of cases with thyroid malignancy among the patients with enlarged thyroid is a controversial issue in children. To find out whether thyroid enlargements have any predictive clinical or laboratory characteristic for thyroid malignancy, a retrospective clinical study was scheduled.