The features and diagnostics of differentiated thyroid carcinoma of children and adolescents

Abstract

The main purpose of research was to study and evaluate the featres and diagnosis of differentiated thyroid carcinoma of children and adolescents. The total of 63 patients with thyroid cancer who had undergone surgery in 1994-2013 in heir hildhood were examined. The history, clinical symptoms, results of pre- and postoperative instrumental and laboratory studies were analyzed. The research showed that three-quarters of thyroid carcinoma patients do not complain. Medical examinations of teenagers allowed to reveal the disease in more than half of cases. Significant place in the diagnostics of thyroid carcinoma occupies ultrasound and fine-needle biopsy (FNB). The most persistent symptoms of thyroid carcinoma are hypoechoic node and indistinct contours of node. The sensitivity of fine-needle aspiration biopsy in relation to thyroid carcinoma was 72.1%. Almost a quarter of patients with thyroid carcinoma combined it with autoimmune thyroid disorders.