Thyroid cancer in thyroglossal duct cysts requires a specific approach due to its unpredictable extension

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 458-465

  Pellegriti, Gabriella ^a   Lumera, Gabriella ^a   Malandrino, Pasqualino ^a   Latina, Adele ^a   Masucci, Romilda ^b   Scollo, Claudia ^a   Spadaro, Angela ^a   Sapuppo, Giulia ^a   Regalbuto, Concetto ^a   Pezzino, Vincenzo ^c   Vigneri, Riccardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b Garibaldi Nesima Hospital   (Italy)

^c CANNIZZARO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIATED THYROID CANCER; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROGLOSSAL DUCT CYST; THYROIDECTOMY; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROGLOSSAL CYST; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 84873617616     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2012-1952     Document Type: Article

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