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Age may be one of the important factors which influence the decision for treatment of thyroid cancer in elderly patients. In addition, although thyroid surgery is generally considered as the...
Preoperative staging of thyroid cancer is very important for radiologist to help the surgeon manage the patient. Ultrasound plays a key role in diagnostic work-up at most cases. In this...
Thyroid hemiagenesis of one lobe of the thyroid is a rare congenital anomaly in which one lobe of the thyroid gland fails to develop. It is more frequently found in...
Postoperative surveillance in patients with thyroid cancer is very important for radiologist to help the clinician manage the patient. The role of ultrasound is important but the diagnostic performance of...
The reported thyroid cancer incidence rate in Korea has been increasing by 24% per year for the past 10 years. If this were accurate, reducing the sharp increase in thyroid...
Ultrasonography (US) is routinely used to evaluate thyroid nodules. The US features of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), the most common thyroid malignancy, include hypoechogenicity, spiculated/microlobulated margins, microcalcifications, and a nonparallel...
The diagnosis and treatment of recurrent or persistent thyroid cancer can pose significant clinical dilemmas. The tumor generally has a relatively indolent biology; however, recurrent or persistent disease is not...
Thyroid hormones play an important role in normal growth and development throughout infancy, childhood, and adolescence. Abnormalities of thyroid function during the fetal period and infancy result in impaired development...
Increasing thyroid cancer incidence is due to the increased detection of small papillary cancers and may not interpreted as an increase in the true occurrence of disease. Further workup of...