Operative and Postoperative Management of the Patient with Follicular and Hürthle Cell Carcinoma: Do They Differ?  

Oleh:

Grant, Clive S.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: The Surgical Clinics of North America (Keterangan: ada di ClinicalKey) vol. 75 no. 3 (Jun. 1995), page 395.

Isi artikel

Most characteristics of follicular and Hurthle cell carcinoma are similar; however, important differences must he recognized. Approximately 2O% of thyroid nodules that are deemed suspicious by fine—needle aspiration will prove to be malignant; the remaining 8O% represent benign follicular or I Hurthle cell nodules. Benign adenomas usually are managed with a unilateral total lobectomy, whereas carcinonias and tumors quite suspicious for carcinoma are removed through a total or near-total thyroidectomy . This affords not only complete clearance of the tumor, but facilitates postoperative follow-up both diagnostically and therapeutically with I.

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