Clinical analysis of thyroid cancer in 62 children

• Published in: Zhonghua er ke za zhi Vol. 56; no. 8; p. 597
• Main Authors: Wang, J L, Ren, X Y, Ni, X, Tai, J, Gong, C X
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Chinese
• Published: China 02.08.2018
• Subjects: Child; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Hypocalcemia - etiology; Male; Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; Prognosis; Thyroid Neoplasms - complications; Thyroid Neoplasms - diagnosis; Thyroid neoplasms; Child; Follow-up studies
• ISSN: 0578-1310
• DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0578-1310.2018.08.008

To analyze the clinical characteristics and prognosis of thyroid cancer in children. Clinical data of 164 children (60 boys, 104 girls) with space-occupying lesions of the thyroid who were hospitalized in Beijing Children's Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University from July 2006 to December 2017 were collected. Sixty-two children with thyroid cancer were reviewed respectively and followed up by telephone. From July 2006 to December 2017, children with thyroid cancer accounted for 37.8% (62/164) of children with space-occupying lesions of the thyroid. The number of children with space-occupying lesions of the thyroid every 2 years was 13, 21, 19, 33, 38, 41, and the number of children with thyroid cancer every 2 years was 2, 5, 3, 8, 21, 23. One out of 62 thyroid cancer was follicular thyroid cancer, the others were papillary thyroid cancer, neck mass was the chief complaint in 60 of 62 patients. Two cases were brought to hospital with respiratory tract oppression as the chief complaint. Forty-eight c