A Rare Case of Multifocal Papillary Thyroid Cancer in Bilateral Thyroid Cysts
Papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) can present as a thyroid cyst. In its more aggressive form, PTC may be multifocal in nature and is associated with a poorer prognosis. In patients whom PTC is diagnosed incidentally after a diagnostic lobectomy, the decision whether to offer completion thyroidectomy is...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2018-01-01
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Series: | Case Reports in Medicine |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/1656831 |