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 |
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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. |
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ISSN: | 0366-6999 2542-5641 |
DOI: | 10.4103/0366-6999.219145 |