Surgical Treatment of Superior Thyroid Artery Aneurysm with Concomitant Thyroid Cancer

In 2015, the incidence rate of thyroid cancer was 4.2/100,000 in China, which accounted for 2.1% of all new cancer cases.[1] Aneurysmsofthecarotidarteryoritsbranchesaccountforonly 0.4% of all peripheral artery aneurysms.[2] The coexistence of these two lesions has seldom been observed. Here, we repo...

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Veröffentlicht in:Chinese medical journal 2017-12, Vol.130 (23), p.2885-2886
Hauptverfasser: Ning, Jun-Jie, Yao, Chen, Chang, Guang-Qi, Wang, Shen-Ming
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Zusammenfassung:In 2015, the incidence rate of thyroid cancer was 4.2/100,000 in China, which accounted for 2.1% of all new cancer cases.[1] Aneurysmsofthecarotidarteryoritsbranchesaccountforonly 0.4% of all peripheral artery aneurysms.[2] The coexistence of these two lesions has seldom been observed. Here, we reported a case of a superior thyroid artery (STA) aneurysm with concomitant thyroid cancer and discussed surgical treatment strategies.
ISSN:0366-6999
2542-5641
DOI:10.4103/0366-6999.219145