Abstract | INTRODUCTION: Thyroid microcarcinoma is a malignant thyroid tumor with potential multifocality and a maximum of 1 cm of diameter. This carcinoma has been discovered more frequently like incidentaloma. AIM OF THE STUDY: MATERIALS AND METHODS: RESULTS: All patients were alive and free of disease at last control. DISCUSSION: The MCT is a carcinoma that presents frequently a behavior little malignant and a good prognosis. His principal characteristic is the absence of clinical demonstrations. Therefore his discovery, almost always accidental on a thyroid removed for other pathology, it has signaled by histologic study CONCLUSIONS: Thyroid microcarcinoma is a slow growing tumor, with a good prognosis and with a good disease-free survival. It can present a better aggressiveness for his multifocal localization and invasion. Therefore total thyroidectomy can be considered best treatment and also be surgical treatment oncologically correct for this tumor.
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Authors | Mario Costanzo, Laura Antonella Maria Caruso, Davide Carmelo Messina, Annunziata Cavallaro, Antonino Palumbo, Alessia Marziani, Matteo Angelo Cannizzaro |
Journal | Annali italiani di chirurgia
(Ann Ital Chir)
2005 Mar-Apr
Vol. 76
Issue 2
Pg. 119-21; discussion 121-2
ISSN: 0003-469X [Print] Italy |
Vernacular Title | Il microcarcinoma tiroideo nelle tireopatie benigne. |
PMID | 16302649
(Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Carcinoma, Papillary
(epidemiology, pathology, surgery)
- Carcinoma, Papillary, Follicular
(epidemiology, pathology, surgery)
- Disease-Free Survival
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Humans
- Incidence
- Male
- Prognosis
- Thyroid Diseases
(pathology, surgery)
- Thyroid Gland
(pathology)
- Thyroid Neoplasms
(epidemiology, pathology, surgery)
- Thyroidectomy
- Treatment Outcome
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