Solitary thyroid nodules in 71 children and adolescents

Seventy-one children and adolescents with a solitary nodule of the thyroid gland were seen over a 27-year period and all had their nodules removed surgically. All of the patients had preoperative thyroid scintiscans, 55 of which showed a cold nodule. The most common cause of solitary thyroid nodules...

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Published inJournal of pediatric surgery Vol. 27; no. 11; pp. 1407 - 1409
Main Authors Hung, Wellington, Anderson, Kathryn D., Chandra, Roma S., Kapur, Sudesh P., Patterson, Kathleen, Randolph, Judson G., August, Gilbert P.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Elsevier Inc 01.11.1992
Subjects
Adolescent
Child
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Humans
Male
Thyroid Neoplasms - diagnosis
Thyroid Nodule - diagnosis
Thyroid Nodule - pathology
Thyroid Nodule - surgery
thyroid carcinoma
Thyroid nodule, solitary
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Summary:Seventy-one children and adolescents with a solitary nodule of the thyroid gland were seen over a 27-year period and all had their nodules removed surgically. All of the patients had preoperative thyroid scintiscans, 55 of which showed a cold nodule. The most common cause of solitary thyroid nodules was follicular adenoma. Fourteen of the 55 cold nodules were malignant (25.5%) while no malignancies were present in warm or hot nodules. Available diagnostic methods for attempting differentiation of benign from malignant solitary nodules are reviewed and recommendations to their clinical management as derived from our experience are presented.
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ISSN:0022-3468
1531-5037
DOI:10.1016/0022-3468(92)90187-C