Pediatric papillary thyroid carcinoma successfully managed with a multimodal approach

Pal, Rimesh; Dayal, Devi; Menon, Prema; Muthuvel, Balasubramaniyan; Devarapalli, Soumya; Mishra, Purbasha

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“…[1] It has been reported that the incidence of malignant tumors in children and adolescents is around 0.5-3% and increases with age [2]. Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is the most common type of thyroid malignancy and contributes to about 70-80% of thyroid cancer cases in children [3,4].…”

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Clinicopathological Profile of Thyroid Carcinoma in Young Patients: An Indonesian Single-Center Study

Harahap

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Stephanie

et al. 2022

Journal of Thyroid Research

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Introduction. Thyroid cancer is the third most common cancer that occurs in children and adolescents. Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is the most common type of thyroid malignancy. Although the mortality rate of thyroid malignancy in children is usually low, the disease recurrence is higher in children with more severe clinical presentation than in adults. This study aimed to determine the demographic and clinicopathological characteristics and outcome of pediatric and adolescent patients with thyroid malignancy in Indonesia. Methods. The retrospective study included all patients diagnosed with thyroid carcinoma aged <20 years, from January 1, 2015, to December 31, 2019. Twenty-nine subjects fulfilled the inclusion and exclusion criteria. We retrieved baseline characteristics, pathology features, TSH and fT4 status, radioactive iodine therapy data, and patients’ outcomes. Then, data were analyzed using the chi-square or Fisher’s exact method. Results. We identified 29 eligible subjects, including 3 boys and 26 girls. The most common type of thyroid carcinoma was PTC (96.5%), and follicular type (31%) was the predominant variant of PTC. Lymph node involvement occurred in 24% of patients, while distant metastasis occurred in 17.2% of patients with PTC. Twenty-four (82.7%) patients had stage 1 disease. Disease recurrence was recorded in 31% of patients during the study period with a median follow-up time of 24 months. Conclusion. PTC is the most frequent type of thyroid carcinoma among children and adolescents. This malignancy has a low mortality rate, but the recurrence rate remains high among younger patients than adults even during a short-term follow-up analysis. Distant metastasis and lymph node involvement are commonly found in this age group.

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