Cáncer tiroideo: una causa infrecuente de obstrucción de vía aérea superior en niños: Caso clínico

M, Lisbeth Platzer; Vega-Briceño, Luis Enrique; D, Hernán González; O., Fernando Iñiguez; F, Cyntia Escobar; A, Francisco Prado

doi:10.4067/s0034-98872006000600015

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“…Es interesante destacar que, cuando es de tipo familiar o genético, existe la posibilidad de pesquisarlo en estadios preclínicos mediante el seguimiento con niveles serológicos de calcitonina en los familiares de un caso índice y su ratificación con estudios cromosómicos. Algunos centros realizan tiroidectomía profiláctica en niños asintomáticos, portadores sólo de hiperplasia de células parafoliculares, en quienes se detectan niveles altos de calcitonina junto con la alteración del cromosoma 10, lo cual permite asegurar que van a desarrollar la enfermedad en el curso de su vida [22][23][24] .…”

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Cáncer de tiroides pediátrico: Serie de casos

et al. 2009

Rev Chil Cir

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Retrospective review of pediatric patients with thyroid cancerBackground: In childhood, thyroid cancer is uncommon and has a different biological behavior than in adults. Aim: To analyze the surgical experience in thyroid cancer in children. Material and Methods: Review of medical records of patients aged 15 years or less with a thyroid cancer, operated in a Regional hospital between 1980 and 2007. Results: Six females and 2 males, aged 9 to 15 years, were operated in the study period. Five had a family history of thyroid diseases. Four had involvement of cervical lymph nodes at the moment of operation but none had systemic dissemination. All were euthyroid. A total thyroidectomy was performed in four patients. Cervical lymph node dissection was also performed in four patients. No immediate complications were recorded. One patient had a local relapse. Five patients were also treated with radioiodine. At the end of the follow up ranging from 108 to 320 months, all patients are asymptomatic. The pathological study disclosed a papillary carcinoma in seven and medullary carcinoma in one patient. Conclusions: Thyroid cancer in childhood has low mortality rates and surgical treatment is safe and effective.

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